Year 4 Islamic RE: Autumn 1 worksheet

“Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 Islamic studies unit “Islamic RE: Autumn 1”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 1 to 6 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · Islamic RE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say what Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum mean.

A Look back3 min

1.
The first pillar is the Shahadah. Circle the second pillar.
SalahSawmZakahHajj
2.
Join each pillar to its meaning.
SalahSawmZakah
giving a share of savings to those in needprayerfasting
3.
Put the five daily prayers in order, starting with the one at dawn.
1. Isha
2. Fajr
3. Maghrib
4. Dhuhr
5. Asr

B Watch me, then you4 min

Zara has a goldfish. It swims every day, but one day it will die. Is the goldfish like Al-Hayy?

Watch me

Al-Hayy means The Ever-Living.

Every living thing is born, grows, gets old and dies.

So the goldfish is not like Al-Hayy, who never begins and never ends.

Now you

1.
A tree grows from a seed, then dies. Is it like Al-Hayy? Circle yes or no.
YesNo
2.
Which name means the One who holds everything up? Circle the name.
Al-HayyAl-QayyumAsma-ul-Husna

C Your turn6 min

Read each clue. Circle the Arabic name or phrase that matches it. Asma-ul-Husna means the Beautiful Names. Ayat ul-Kursi is a famous verse of the Quran.

A closed Quran on a wooden stand beside a folded prayer mat.

1.
Allah is always alive. He had no beginning and will never die. Circle the name.
Al-HayyAl-QayyumAsma-ul-HusnaAyat ul-Kursi
2.
Allah holds up the heavens and the earth and needs nothing back. Circle the name.
Al-HayyAl-QayyumAsma-ul-HusnaAyat ul-Kursi
3.
The 99 beautiful names that describe Allah. Circle the phrase.
Al-HayyAl-QayyumAsma-ul-HusnaAyat ul-Kursi
4.
A famous verse of the Quran that names Allah as Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum. Circle the phrase.
Al-HayyAl-QayyumAsma-ul-HusnaAyat ul-Kursi

Say it out loud: Which words in each clue told you the answer? Say them out loud.

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ali says: “Al-Hayy means Allah was born at the start of time, like a baby, and will one day stop living.”

1.
Explain why Ali is wrong. Write two or three sentences.

E Think deeper3 min

A candle burning on a windowsill at dusk

1.
Look at the candle. Explain why a candle is not like Al-Qayyum. Write two sentences.

How did it feel?

Tell your grown-up one name of Allah you can remember, and what it means.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Salah your child may have picked a pillar in the wrong place. Point to the Shahadah, then count one place along the chain to the next pillar.

2. Salah → prayer; Sawm → fasting; Zakah → giving a share of savings to those in need If your child joined Salah with fasting, remind them that Salah is the daily prayer and Sawm is the fast in Ramadan.

3. 1 Fajr · 2 Dhuhr · 3 Asr · 4 Maghrib · 5 Isha If your child put Isha first, ask which prayer is said at dawn, when the sun is coming up.

B

1. No If your child circled yes, they have mixed up being alive with being ever-living. Ask: does the tree ever stop being alive?

2. Al-Qayyum If your child circled Al-Hayy, say that Al-Hayy is about never ending. Al-Qayyum is about holding everything up.

C

1. Al-Hayy If your child circled Al-Qayyum, ask which word in the clue is about living for ever. Al-Qayyum is about holding things up.

2. Al-Qayyum If your child circled Al-Hayy, ask: is this clue about living for ever, or about holding everything up?

3. Asma-ul-Husna

4. Ayat ul-Kursi

D

1. Look for: Allah has no beginning and no end, so He was never born and never stops living. If your child agrees with Ali, go back to the meaning, The Ever-Living. Ask what happens to living things that Allah does not experience.

E

1. Look for: A reason that the candle needs wax or air to keep burning, while Allah needs nothing to keep Him going.

Words to use

Say“Which of these things stops one day? Does Allah ever stop?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer, or say that being alive and being Al-Hayy are the same thing.”

After the sheet

Put a plant on a windowsill. Ask your child what it needs to keep growing. Then talk about how Allah keeps everything going and needs nothing back.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Three Names of Forgiveness(with a plan)
Surah Al-Mulk: Warnings and Signs(with a plan)
Meem Sakinah rules(with a plan)
The Hijrah to Madinah(with a plan)
The Madinah Agreement(with a plan)

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