What is the Qur'an and why is it important to Muslims? - The Complete Series (5 lessons)

With a range of teaching resources, such as lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets, an End of Unit quiz and more, these RE lessons for Year 6 provide everything you need to answer the questions 'what is the Qur'an?' and 'why is the Qur'an important to Muslims?'.

Don't forget to view our other RE schemes of work about Islam and our RE preview lesson.

This introductory lesson teaches your class about the origins of the Qur'an and why it is the sacred book of Islam. It also gives children the chance to reflect on what is sacred and important in their own lives.

This lesson starts by listening to a special recitation that is said at the start of each chapter of the Qur’an. They will consider what the words ‘compassionate’ and ‘merciful’ within this recitation mean before looking at the ’99 Beautiful Names of Allah’. Through these names, your class will start to get an understanding of how Muslims view God.

This lesson gives your class to read some extracts from the Qur’an to help them identify ways in which the Qur’an can give Muslims guidance for how to live their lives. They will then consider where they look for guidance themselves when they have a problem and consider texts that have influenced them. There is also the chance to consider ways in which the guidance in the Qur’an is similar or different to guidance in other religious texts.

What do you parents want for you as you grow up? This lesson explores why Muslim children attend Madrasah to learn about the Qur'an and why this is an important part of growing up as a Muslim. Your children will also relate this to their own experiences of what their parents or other adults in their lives want for them when they grow up.

This final lesson allows your class to consolidate everything they have learnt about why the Qur'an is important to Muslims and to draw their own conclusions about the question. There are plenty of opportunities for class discussion, as well as chances for your children to express their learning in a variety of ways independently.