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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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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Years had passed since Prophet ʿIsa عليه السلام. The people of Makkah had drifted far from the teachings of Prophet Ibrahim عليه السلام. Allah, the Most Kind, did not leave them without guidance. He sent Muhammad ﷺ. One Monday morning, baby Muhammad ﷺ was born to his mother Aminah, who held him close with love. His father, ʿAbdullah, had passed away before he arrived.

Following the custom of Makkah, baby Muhammad ﷺ was sent to the desert to grow up strong and healthy. Allah chose a gentle woman, Halimah as-Saʿdiyyah, and her family to care for him. From the day she took him home, blessings followed her goats gave more milk than before and her home felt different.

When Muhammad ﷺ was six, he travelled with his mother Aminah to visit family in Madinah. On the way back, Aminah became ill and passed away. Her kind maid, Barakah, brought him safely home to Makkah. He then lived with his grandfather, ʿAbdul-Muttalib, who loved him deeply. When Muhammad ﷺ was eight, his grandfather too passed away. His uncle, Abu Talib, and his wife took him in and raised him with great love.

He lost so much, so young. And yet Allah took care of him at every moment.

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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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The sailors decide someone must jump into the sea to save the rest. They pick names. Yunus عليه السلام comes up again, and again, and again. They refuse to throw him, they know he is a blessed man. But Yunus عليه السلام sees this as a sign from Allah, and he jumps. A whale swallows him. The dark night. The dark sea. The darkness of the whale’s belly. No way out.

In that total darkness, Yunus عليه السلام turns to Allah and prays: “There is no god but You; how Perfect are You! I was indeed wrong!” Allah, The Most Kind, accepts his duʿa. He orders the whale to spit him out onto the shore. When Yunus عليه السلام recovers, Allah sends him back to guide his people. They believe. Allah gives them peaceful, happy lives.

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When the walls grew too high to reach, Ismaʿil عليه السلام found a large stone for his father to stand on. That stone is Maqam Ibrahim, and it still stands beside the Kaʿbah today. Father and son made duʿa as they worked: “Our Lord, accept this from us. Indeed You are The All-Hearing, The All-Knowing.” Near the end, Allah sent a white stone from Jannah. They placed it carefully. Over time it turned black, and it is known today as al-Hajar al-Aswad, the Black Stone. The lesson ends with a question each child can sit with: what can you do with your family to make Allah happy?

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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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Through full-colour illustrations and gentle storytelling, learners witness Hajar عليها السلام trust in Allah as she runs between the mountains of Safa and Marwah seven times in search of water for her thirsty child. They discover how Allah, the Most Kind, answers her trust by sending the blessed water of Zamzam gushing from the ground. At the heart of the story is a message every child can hold on to: Allah takes care of us when we trust Him and do what He says.

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Through full-colour illustrations and simple storytelling, learners follow Ibrahim عليه السلام as he watches the night sky, sees the moon rise and set, and observes the sun disappear at dusk. Each time, he reaches the same conclusion: only Allah, the One who created the skies and the earth, is worthy of worship. Allah is far greater than anything we can see.

Three hands-on activities reinforce the lesson through literacy, creativity, and logical thinking. Learners trace the phrase “I worship Allah alone,” colour a detailed day-and-night scene, and complete pattern sequences using the sun, moon, and stars. A discussion panel closes the lesson with guided questions.

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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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