The Quraysh were watching Islam grow and they could not stand it. More and more people were accepting the truth, so they made a plan. They wrote three cruel rules onto a scroll and hung it inside the Kaʿbah: nobody will give the Muslims food or water, nobody will speak to them, and nobody will buy from them or sell to them. The Prophet’s ﷺ family, Banu Hashim, refused to abandon him. So together Muslims and family alike they left Makkah and moved into a small valley. Their food ran out. They drank rainwater. They chewed dry leaves to survive. Days became months. Months became years. Nearly three years passed like that. And through all of it, the Muslims stayed strong and kept praying to Allah.

Then something happened that the Quraysh could not explain. Our beloved Prophet ﷺ told his uncle Abu Talib: “Allah has informed me that insects have eaten the scroll, except for the name of Allah.” When the Quraysh went to check, it was exactly as he said. They were stunned. The cruel rules ended. The Muslims returned to Makkah.

The name of Allah was the only thing left. That says everything.

The lesson pauses here with a question that sits with young learners long after the page is turned: how can we be kind and help people who are being treated badly?

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When the disbelievers of Makkah begin hurting the Muslims and making it hard for them to worship Allah, our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is deeply upset. He wants them to be safe. He tells them: “Go to Abyssinia. A fair king rules there. No one is treated unfairly. Stay there until Allah makes things easier for you.” A small group slips away quietly and sails across the sea. A larger group follows. In Abyssinia, the king welcomes them warmly. He lets them worship Allah freely. When the disbelievers of Makkah come asking him to send the Muslims back, he refuses. He had heard the words of the Qur’an, and he turned their enemies away. The Muslims were thankful. They trusted Allah, and they knew He would always look after them.

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Angel Jibril brings more verses of the Qur’an to the Prophet ﷺ, who shares the message with those closest to him. Khadijah رضي الله عنها believes him at once. She knew he always spoke the truth. She becomes the first Muslim woman. ʿAli رضي الله عنه, the Prophet’s cousin, saw them praying one day and asks what they were doing. The Prophet ﷺ explains, and ten-year-old ʿAli رضي الله عنه replies: “I want to join you!” He becomes the first Muslim child. Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, the Prophet’s closest friend, hears the message and believes straight away. He becomes the first Muslim man. Then Allah commands the Prophet ﷺ to take the message further. He climbs Mount Safa and calls out to the people of Makkah: “Worship Allah alone!” Not everyone listens. Abu Lahab, the Prophet’s uncle, throws sand and turns away in anger.

The three activities stay close to the lesson’s heart. The first is a shahadah certificate: learners write their own name, trace the Arabic words of the shahadah, and a teacher signs at the bottom beneath the pledge “I will always follow the truth!” The second gives learners three award badges first Muslim man, first Muslim child, first Muslim woman and asks them to write the correct name in each. The third is a role-play: learners imagine telling their family “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad ﷺ is His Messenger,” then answer the questions their family asks back Who is Allah? Who is Muhammad ﷺ? What do you do to show you are a Muslim?

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Muhammad ﷺ used to climb Mount Nur and sit alone in the cave of Hira, thinking about Allah. He did this often. One day in Ramadan, when he was forty years old, something happened that he had never experienced before. Angel Jibril عليه السلام appeared before him. Muhammad ﷺ had never seen anyone like him. He felt afraid. Jibril عليه السلام commanded: “Read!” Muhammad ﷺ answered: “I don’t know how to read.” Jibril عليه السلام held him tightly, then let go, and commanded again. This happened three times. Then Jibril عليه السلام taught him the first words of the Qur’an and left.

Muhammad ﷺ ran home, terrified. “Cover me! Cover me!” he called out to Khadijah. She covered him, held him, and said what he needed to hear: “Allah will never let you down. You always help people.” Then she took him to her wise old cousin, Waraqah, who listened carefully and told him: that was the same angel Allah had sent to Prophet Musa عليه السلام. Muhammad ﷺ had become a Prophet of Allah.

The lesson pauses here with something worth saying to young learners: it is okay to feel scared. Allah takes care of those who do good.

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Allah gave ʿIsa عليه السلام the Injil to guide his people. He was nothing like the rich and powerful around him. He sat with the weak, ate with the poor, helped the needy, and treated everyone the same. His message never changed: “Allah is my Lord and your Lord. Worship Him alone. This is the straight path.” And by Allah’s permission, he backed those words with miracles bringing the dead back to life, healing people with leprosy, making blind people see again, shaping clay into birds and breathing life into them, and telling people what they had eaten and stored at home. Signs that should have been impossible to ignore.

Many people still didn’t listen.

When the disbelievers came to kill him, Allah, The All-Aware, replaced him with someone who looked just like him. They thought they had succeeded. They had not. Allah raised ʿIsa عليه السلام to the heavens. He is there now and one day, he will return to help the Muslims. He is a Prophet and servant of Allah. Not God. Not the son of God. A Prophet.

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Zakariyya عليه السلام also looked after Maryam عليها السلام, a young girl from his relatives, whose mother had promised Allah she would live in the Masjid to worship Him. One day, he found fresh fruit with her, fruit that didn’t grow in that season. He asked where it came from. She replied: “They’re from Allah.” Something shifted in him. If Allah gives fruit out of season, He can also give me a child in my old age. His hair was white. His wife was old. But he made duʿa anyway: “O my Lord, bless me with a righteous child from You. You hear all duʿas.” While he was still praying, angels called out: “Allah gives you good news of Yahya!” Yahya عليه السلام grew up kind, wise, and deeply respectful of his parents. Together, father and son raced each other to do good deeds. The lesson ends with a line worth sitting with: good things take time, keep asking Allah and never lose hope.

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Ibrahim عليه السلام receives a command from Allah in a dream. He tells Ismaʿil عليه السلام, and a child replies with something remarkable: “O my dear father! Do as Allah commands.” On the way to Mina, Shaytan tries to stop them three times. Ibrahim عليه السلام ignores him and throws stones. Then, just as the knife is lowered, Angel Jibril arrives with a sheep. They had passed the test. Allah, The Almighty, was pleased. The lesson ends with something learners can connect to right now: we sacrifice animals on Eid al-Adha because of this moment, this love, this obedience.

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The story begins with Allah’s command to Prophet Nuh عليه السلام to take a pair of every animal on board. Then the rain falls, the water rises, and the dry land disappears beneath a sea. Waves as tall as mountains rock the ship for days, and through it all, Allah watches over the believers.

One of the most moving moments in the lesson is when Prophet Nuh عليه السلام calls out to his own son, urging him to come aboard. His son refuses, trusting a mountain to keep him safe. Through this, young learners begin to understand something deeply important: only Allah can truly protect us. The lesson ends with the ship resting on Mount Judiyy, the believers giving thanks, and two Names of Allah gently introduced: Allah is The Strongest and Allah is The Most Kind.

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Learners will explore the courage and patience of Prophet Nuh عليه السلام. They will learn how shaytan tricked the people into worshipping statues, how Nuh عليه السلام stayed true to Allah even when those around him turned away, and how Allah commanded him to build a great ship. Throughout the lesson, the core message of tawhid shines clearly: we worship Allah alone, and we obey Him even when others do not.

The lesson is followed by four fun activities that reinforce key vocabulary and comprehension. Learners fill in missing letters from the story, draw and colour a ship using simple shapes, colour the letters N, U and H to reveal the number 950, and circle the correct answers to recap the story’s key lessons.

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Learners discover that when Allah ordered the angels to prostrate towards Adam عليه السلام, all of them obeyed except Shaytan. Full of pride, Shaytan refused and declared himself better. Allah gave Adam عليه السلام and Hawwa’ علیہا السلام a beautiful life in Jannah, with just one boundary: stay away from a particular tree. But Shaytan was patient in his deception. Day after day, he whispered, promising them they would become like angels or live forever until one day, they ate from the tree.

What follows is a lesson in something every child needs to know: that making a mistake does not mean all is lost. Adam عليه السلام and Hawwa’ علیہا السلام felt deeply sorry, asked Allah to forgive them, and He did. They were asked to leave Jannah and begin life on Earth, where Allah honoured Adam عليه السلام by making him the first Prophet chosen to teach people to worship Allah alone, to do good, and to stay away from bad. They raised their children with the same message: always do what Allah says, and beware of Shaytan’s whispers.

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