Start with bismillah.

Turn off every light in a room at night. Ask: "What can you see now that you couldn't before? Can you see the stars from your window?"

Watch the Zion National Park video about their dark night skies.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does the night do?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why do we see more stars in the countryside?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Shams is surah 91. Find ayah 4. Compare it with ayah 3. One shows the sun's light, the other covers it.

Fact: What is light pollution, and how does it hide the stars?

Ages 5–8: Star count. Look through a toilet-roll tube at the night sky. Count the stars you see. Try again somewhere darker.

Ages 9–12: Dark sky map. Look up a light-pollution map online with an adult. Where is the darkest place near you?

Finish with: "I found that light pollution ___."

Talk together:

• Why do we need the dark of night as well as daylight?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What do you like to do at night to remember Allah?
• How can we save energy and protect dark skies?
• What do you wonder about when you see the stars?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will switch off ___ lights we don't need at night."

• Look at the stars with your family and say subhanAllah.
• Show someone your star count.
• Next time: the next ayah (91:5) is about the sky and how it was built. Explore it together!

Action: Turn off lights you aren't using.