96:5Al-'Alaq
Juz 30 · Page 597عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
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ʻallama l-'insāna mā lam' yaʻ'lam'
Taught man that which he knew not.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
ʻallama l-'insāna mā lam' yaʻ'lam'
Taught man that which he knew not.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah tells us that Allah taught people things they did not know before.
Start with bismillah.
Ask everyone to name one thing they know now that they didn't know last year. Ask: "Where did that knowledge come from?"
Watch the NASA video of the first pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who teaches us what we don't know?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What is something nobody knows yet?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-'Alaq is surah 96. Find ayah 5. Read ayat 1 to 5 together. Which words about learning do you see again and again?
Fact: How far away are the stars and clouds in the Webb pictures?
Ages 5–8: Look closer. Use a magnifying glass on a leaf, salt grains or your fingertip. Draw something you couldn't see before.
Ages 9–12: Then and now. Make a two-column table: "People didn't know…" and "Now we know…". Fill in four rows about space, the body or animals.
Finish with: "I found out something new: ___."
Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will learn one new thing about ___ and say subhanAllah."
Action: Teach someone at home the new thing you learned.
