إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
How to read it
'Inna saʻ'yakum' lashattā
Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
'Inna saʻ'yakum' lashattā
Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah tells us that people strive for very different things.
Start with bismillah.
Ask everyone: "What did you spend the most time doing yesterday?" Write the answers down.
Watch the National Geographic video about how honeybees get their different jobs in the hive.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does this ayah say about people's efforts?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What am I really working for?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Layl is surah 92. Find ayah 4. The key word sa'yakum means your striving: all the things you work hard for.
Fact: How many different jobs can one worker bee do in her life?
Ages 5–8: Job wheel. Draw a wheel of jobs a bee does: cleaner, nurse, builder, guard, forager. Colour each part.
Ages 9–12: Time chart. Keep a log of how you spend one Saturday. Make a pie chart. Which slices are for Allah, for others and for you?
Finish with: "I found that a bee changes jobs as ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will say bismillah before ___ so it becomes a good deed."
Action: Show your job wheel or pie chart to someone at home.
