It began in the dark of night. Angel Jibril عليه السلام woke our beloved Prophet ﷺ and outside, waiting for him, was a creature from Jannah: the Buraq. Long and white, smaller than a mule but bigger than a donkey, moving faster than a flash of lightning with each step it leapt as far as the eye could see. The Buraq carried him all the way from al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah to the blessed city of Jerusalem, in Palestine. There, at al-Masjid al-Aqsa, Allah gathered all the previous Prophets. And Muhammad ﷺ led them in salah. That journey is called al-Isra’.

Then Angel Jibril عليه السلام took him further up through the seven heavens. In each one, he met Prophets: Adam, Yahya, ʿIsa, Yusuf, Idris, Harun, Musa, and Ibrahim عليهم السلام. He saw Jannah. He saw Jahannam. And then, at the highest place beyond all seven heavens, our beloved Prophet ﷺ spoke directly to Allah, The Almighty. There, Allah gave him a precious gift for every Muslim who would ever live: the five daily salah. That journey is called al-Miʿraj.

By the next morning, he was back in Makkah. The whole thing happened in a part of one night.

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Three visitors arrive at their home in Canaan. Ibrahim عليه السلام, always generous, welcomes them and brings out roasted meat but the visitors do not eat. He grows worried. Then they speak: they are angels sent by Allah, and they carry news that Sarah علیہا السلام will have a son named Ishaq. She can hardly believe it. She clasps her forehead and gasps, “How can I have a child when I am an old woman?” The angels answer plainly: “Nothing is hard for Allah.” Not long after, Sarah and Ibrahim عليه السلام are blessed with a baby boy. They name him Ishaq, just as Allah instructed. He grows up truthful and kind, and Allah chooses him as a Prophet. He spends his life in Palestine inviting people to worship Allah alone.

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“Ibrahim عليه السلام Breaks the Idols” is a lesson for the young hearts one that carries one of the most powerful stories in all of Islam. In a world where everyone around him bowed to stones, a young boy stood alone and asked the question no one else dared to ask.

The story opens in ancient Iraq, where the people prayed to the stars, the sun, and stone statues. A young boy named Ibrahim عليه السلام watched them and knew something was deeply wrong. He asked the people a simple but powerful question: “Why do you worship stones that can’t see, hear, or help you?” The people told him to stop talking. Ibrahim عليه السلام didn’t listen. He knew it was wrong, and he wasn’t afraid to say so.

One day, while the people were away, Ibrahim عليه السلام entered the temple with an axe and smashed every idol, leaving only the largest one standing with the axe hung around it. When the people returned and realised what he had done, they were furious and threw him into a huge fire. But Allah, The Protector, commanded the fire to be cool and safe. Ibrahim عليه السلام walked out of the fire untouched, leaving everyone in complete amazement. The lesson closes with a gentle duʿa, inviting little ones to ask Allah to make them brave like Ibrahim عليه السلام.

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