أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
How to read it
'An rra'āhu (i)s'tagh'nā
In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
'An rra'āhu (i)s'tagh'nā
In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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This ayah explains that people go too far when they think they don't need anyone.
Start with bismillah.
Try to tie your shoelaces using only one hand. Then ask a partner to help with their hand. Ask: "Which was easier?"
Watch the BBC Earth video of clownfish working together to make a home in an anemone.
Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What do some people wrongly think about themselves?"
Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Is there anything that needs nothing at all?" Younger children can draw theirs.
Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-'Alaq is surah 96. Find ayah 7. Read it with ayah 6. What is the reason this ayah gives?
Fact: How do the clownfish and the anemone help each other?
Ages 5–8: Needs chain. Draw your breakfast. Then draw arrows back to everything it needed: the farmer, rain, sun, soil, bees.
Ages 9–12: Partner hunt. Find three other pairs in nature that need each other (for example, bees and flowers). Explain what each one gives.
Finish with: "I found that the clownfish needs the anemone because ___."

Talk together:
Make a small plan: "This week, I will thank ___ for helping me with ___."
Action: Keep your thank-you plan, and say it face to face.