Kindness in an ordinary moment
About 12 minutes. Use one shared screen or print the prompts. Anyone may pass, and an adult can adapt the vocabulary.
The source reading
Quran 16:90 ↗۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Lo! Allah enjoineth justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk, and forbiddeth lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He exhorteth you in order that ye may take heed.
Marmaduke Pickthall · Uthmani Hafs Arabic · complete selected ayahs
1Read and notice
Al-Muyassar discusses justice and good treatment. The pencil activity is editorial reflection, not a ruling on property.
Facilitator’s answer and explanation
Justice and kindness.
Pickthall’s translation names justice and kindness in the selected verse.
2Talk it through
A fictional group has one shared set of pencils. How could it include someone who has none?
An open conversation. Several thoughtful answers may fit, and nobody needs to disclose a private experience.
3Try something together
Agree on a way to share an imaginary set fairly. Invite more than one reasonable solution.
Close with one thought
What is one detail that changed your idea?
A shared session, complete
You read, talked and tried an activity together. This records completion of a pack, not a judgment of anyone’s learning or character.
Follow the evidence
- Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar ↗Fetched Arabic commentary. English notes here are original concise paraphrases.
Reports are summarized in our own words. This app does not republish modern English hadith translations.