Fourteen Prophets came before him in this series, each carrying the same message to his own people. This book is where the line ends.
What Is Covered
Told in rhyme for young children: his birth in Makkah and the childhood without a father. The name he earned before prophethood — Al-Amin, the trustworthy — from people who would later oppose him.
The cave at Hira and the first revelation. The years of calling and the years of being hurt for it. The migration to Madinah. The community built there, and the return to Makkah at the end.
Reading It Last
A child who has been through the other fourteen arrives here already knowing the pattern: a Prophet is sent, he calls his people to worship Allah alone, most refuse, and he is patient.
What he notices then is what makes this one different — that Muhammad ﷺ was sent not to one people but to all of them, that nothing came after him, and that the message he brought is the one the reader is holding in his own hands.
How the Series Works
Simple full-color illustrations accompany rhyming poetry that is fun to read aloud and surprisingly easy to remember — which is the point. A child who has heard a story in verse a dozen times can recite parts of it back, and what he can recite he retains.
Each book carries an "Islamictionary": a simplified children's glossary explaining the Arabic and Islamic words as they appear. That single feature is why the books work in non-Arabic-speaking households, where a parent reading aloud otherwise has to stop and improvise a definition.
Hard, durable full-color pages with the picture on the left and the text on the right. Each book is 8 x 5 inches and three-quarters of an inch thick — built for the handling a favorite book gets.
The Rest of the Series
Fifteen titles, each on one Prophet, all in the same rhyming format:
The boxed set brings them together at a discount.