05: Story of Ibrahim (Abraham)

More is told about Ibrahim عليه السلام in the Qur'an than about almost any other Prophet, and every stage of it is memorable to a child.

Told in rhyme: the boy who asked his father why he worshipped statues that could not hear him. The idols broken while the town was away, and the axe left hanging on the largest one. The fire he was thrown into, and the command that it be cool and safe for him.

Then the harder material, handled at a level young children can meet: the wife and infant son left in an empty valley, the water that came for them, the son he was asked to sacrifice and the ram sent in his place, and the House the two of them built together in Makkah.

A child who knows this story understands why Muslims still walk between Safa and Marwah, and why the Ka'bah is where it is.

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:

• 01 — Aadam (Adam)
• 02 — Nuh (Noah)
• 03 — Huud (Eber)
• 04 — Saleh (Shelah)
• 06 — Luut (Lot)
• 07 — Shuaib (Jethro)
• 08 — Yusuf (Joseph)
• 09 — Ayoub (Job)
• 10 — Yunus (Jonah)
• 11 — Musa (Moses)
• 12 — Dawud (David)
• 13 — Sulaiman (Solomon)
• 14 — Eesah (Jesus)
• 15 — Muhammad ﷺ

The boxed set brings them together at a discount.