Start with bismillah.

Stand outside (or by a window) and try to count the stars. Ask: "Can you count them all? What's too big to count?"

Watch the ScienceClic video that zooms out from Earth to the whole observable universe.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What question does this ayah ask?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "If the universe is this big, how great is Allah who made it?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Qadr is surah 97. Find ayah 2. This kind of question in the Quran means: this is so great, you could never work it out by yourself. Only Allah can tell us.

Fact: How many stars are there in our galaxy, the Milky Way?

Ages 5–8: Big and small. Line up five things from tiniest to biggest: a grain of rice, a ball, a car, a house, a mountain. What comes after the mountain?

Ages 9–12: Scale walk. If the sun were a football in your garden, find out how far away the Earth would be. Pace it out!

Finish with: "I found that our galaxy has about ___ stars."

Talk together:

• What is something so wonderful you couldn't explain it?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why does Allah sometimes ask us questions in the Quran?
• How does looking at the stars make you feel about Allah?
• What would you like to ask an ustaz or ustazah about the Night of Power?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will look at the night sky and say subhanAllah ___ times."

• Teach a younger child that the universe is bigger than we can imagine.
• Draw the Milky Way and write one wonder question on it.
• Next time: the next ayah (97:3) compares this night to a thousand months. Explore it together!

Action: Do your stargazing plan with someone at home.