Thamud carved their homes out of the mountains and asked Saleh عليه السلام for a miracle before they would believe him.
They were given one: a she-camel, with a share of the water on alternate days, and one instruction attached — leave her alone.
They killed her.
Why This Story Works With Children
Because the instruction was so small. Nobody was asked to do anything difficult. They were asked to leave an animal in peace, and they could not manage even that.
A child following this in rhyme understands something about obedience that a longer explanation would not have conveyed: the size of the command is not the point.
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.