Every Muslim child in the West will meet the name Jesus outside the home, and will need to know what his own religion says.
This book tells him, in rhyme, at an age where the answer settles before the confusion arrives.
What Is Covered
His mother Maryam عليها السلام, honored in the Qur'an above the women of the worlds. His birth without a father, by the word of Allah — and the first thing he did, which was to speak from the cradle in her defense.
The signs he was given: healing the blind and the leper, giving life to the dead by Allah's permission, and the table sent down from heaven. The Injeel revealed to him.
And what the Qur'an says of the end — that he was neither killed nor crucified, but raised to Allah, and that he will return before the Hour.
A Prophet, honored and beloved, and a servant of Allah. That distinction is the whole reason this book matters.
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.