For My Kids · Ramadan

For my Kids: The Story of Ibrahim (Part 1)

After Saleh, there was a young man called Ibrahim (Abraham) peace be upon him in Babel (Iraq). He found the people around him worshipping statues, the planets .. everything but Allah (God).

His father used to order him to bow down to the statues. Ibrahim replied, talking logically and respectfully to his father:

“Father, why do you worship something that can’t hear or see .. or help you with anything.”

His father still ordered him to bow down to the statues. Ibrahim said:

“Father, I realize that I am very young. But Allah (God) taught me many things and I hope I can show you the right way too. Father please don’t follow AlShaitan (Satan) for he will only take you with him to hell.”

His father said if you don’t stop saying these things then leave my house and you are not a son to me anymore.

Ibrahim replied: “I wish on you all the peace and I will ask Allah (God) to forgive you for all your sins.”

(Note how respectful Ibrahim was to his father. He didn’t accuse him or talk to him harshly. And even after he kicked him out he said that he will pray for his forgiveness.)

Then Ibrahim saw all the people worshiping statues outside. He asked them: “What are these statues you are bowing down to?”

They replied: “We found our fathers and our fathers fathers doing so .. so we are doing the same.”

Ibrahim told them: “But your real God is the God of the skies and the earth. And by God, I will ruin these statues that you bow to.”

Then one day, he passed by the statues alone. He saw all the sacrifices from food to other things that people left at the legs of these statues. He asked them: “Why don’t you eat? Why don’t you reply?”

Then he had an idea. He took an ax and hit and broke down all the statues but one, the largest statue. He placed the ax next to it and left.

When all the people came and saw their statues broken, they cried and wailed: “Who did this to our gods?!” They screamed.

They all went angrily to question Ibrahim because they all heard him threaten the statues. They brought him and questioned him in front of everyone: “Did you do it?!”

He said: “There is an ax next to the biggest statue that is still standing .. go ask him if he did it. You can’t .. can you? Then how can you say this is a god capable of doing everything while he can’t even defend himself.”

Then they all started to chant: “Burn him and take revenge for our gods!!”

They built a huge wooden tower and set fire to it. The fire was so big and fierce that if a bird flew over it, the bird fell dead from the heat of the fire.

Everyone gathered around on that day. They couldn’t push Ibrahim in because the fire was too hot to get close to. So they tied him up and put him in a lever like machine to catapult him inside the fire.

Just then, Jebreel (Gabriel), the head of the angels, came down and asked Ibrahim: “Ibrahim, do you need anything from me?”

Ibrahim replied: “From you no thank you. But from Allah (God) yes I do.”

حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل (translation: God is enough for us and how excellent a guardian He is)

(Remember what I told you before in Hud’s story? If your safety net is the King of Kings Allah, why be scared? Ibrahim is faced with a huge fire and he has full faith that Allah will protect him.)

They catapulted him in the fire. Everyone saw him falling in. Then Allah (God) ordered the fire:

يا نار كوني برداً وسلاماً على ابراهيم

ordered the fire to be “cold” and “safe” around Ibrahim. Nothing got burnt except the rope that tied him up.

Ibrahim stood in the middle of the blazing fire, unharmed, and bowed down to Allah (God) thanking Him for saving him.

Ibrahim’s own father, standing with all the rest of the people and watching said: “Oh what a God you have Ibrahim!”

Ibrahim then walked out of the huge fire unharmed. You’d think people would believe in Allah (God) after witnessing this miracle. But no, they were only scared of him and ran away from him. The only two people who believed were his wife Sara and his nephew Lut.

Babel’s powerful king, Nimrod, heard of Ibrahim’s story and called him. He asked Ibrahim: “I heard what happened. Do you really claim you have a god?”

Ibrahim replied: “Yes, my God is Allah (God). He created me and you and everything around. Allah (God) gives life and takes it away. He created everything.”

Nimrod replied: “I too give life and take it away.” He then called a prisoner and ordered his guards to kill him.

“See?” he said. “I took away life.”

Then he called someone on death row and let him go.

“See?” he said. “I gave him life.”

Ibrahim then said: “Do you see the sun? Everyday it comes from the east and sets in the west. Allah (God) is the one who brings it from the east. Bring it from the west if you can.”

Nimrod was shocked and stumped and couldn’t reply. As resentment and anger started to increase in Babel towards Ibrahim, Allah (God) ordered Ibrahim to leave and relocate for his safety.

So Ibrahim left .. with his wife Sara and his nephew Lut and headed to Palestine.

To be continued …

For My Kids · Ramadan

For my Kids: The Story of Saleh

Today’s story is another short one, but an interesting one because you can still see the land that Saleh (peace be upon him) lived in and the people’s houses still standing till this day.

Again, Iblees (Satan) and the sheyateen succeeded in steering people off track. People started forgetting Allah (God) and started worshipping other things.

So Allah (God) sent Saleh to remind them and bring them back to the right direction.

Like all prophet’s and messengers before and after him, he asked his people to first and foremost believe and worship Allah (God), the only god there is.

And like all prophets and messengers before him and after him, they laughed at him and called him crazy.

They said: What happened to you? You used to be such a wise and trustworthy man and now you are talking nonsense. Just like all the messengers before him, only the poor believed in him.

So one day all the powerful people asked the people who believed Saleh: Why did you believe? Did you see any proof?

Then they told Saleh: We need proof. We need to see something with our own eyes so we can believe.

They said: Ask your God to bring out a camel from this huge rock over there. And not any camel, but a camel who is pregnant with a baby in the 10th month.

Saleh then asked them: And if that happened, will you believe?

They said that they need to see the miracle with their own eyes then they will believe.

After Saleh prayed and asked Allah (God) for numerous days, the miracle finally came.

The big rock moved and shivered, and out of it came a magnificent camel. And just like they asked for, the camel was pregnant with a baby 10 months old.

Saleh said: There you go. This is the miracle you asked for. Do not let any harm come to this camel or its baby. Take care of it as it is a miracle from Allah (God).

Did they believe after seeing the very miracle they asked for? No.

(Just wanted to take a sec her to point out that you will meet a lot of people like these in your life. People who you would like to be sold on a certain idea for example, or people who you wish will accept you, or love you back. There are some people in life that even if you bring upon a miracle, it won’t move them.

There’s a saying in Arabic that says: Even if you give them the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, it won’t work. What I want you to remember is: don’t waste your time with these types of people. You are much better than that and deserve much more.)

So Allah (God) put them through a test to see if they really believed or no.

Saleh told his people: Look at this well we drink from. There has to be one day dedicated for only the camel to drink, and the next day we can drink, alternatively.

They said: How about the day dedicated for the camel, where we drink from then?

He said: From the milk of the camel. It will be satisfying and enough for all.

The people got angry. How dare he tell us what we can and can’t do? How dare he stop us from drinking from our own well?

Two women came forward, one with a lot of money and one who has beautiful girls. They said that they prepared a prize, plenty of money and beautiful girls to anyone who would kill the camel.

Two men stepped up and said that they will do it. Seven more said that they will help them. Now remember that they were the ones who asked for this miracle, they were the ones who asked for the camel and now they wanted to kill it.

They cornered the camel in between mountains and killed it with a bow to her neck. The camel made a deafening sound. Then they went to Saleh laughing and saying: we killed your precious camel. Now what? Show us what you can do or the consequences for our actions that you claim.

Saleh started to cry because he knew what will happen and what will become of them. He then told them: you have 3 days, at then end of each day the colors of your faces will change and darken, then “it’ will start.

True to his word, after each passing day, the colors of the people’s faces began to change. They became scared. Then the same 9 men got together and decided to kill Saleh and get rid of him once and for all.

They decided to kill him and his family in the middle of the night so no one will be able to see them. So they got together in front of his house while he was inside praying.

Just then, stones came down from the sky and striked them all and killed the 9 men.

The next morning, Allah (God) saved Saleh and all those who believed, and all the rest perished.

Lessons we take from this:

  1.  Allah (God) can do any miracle you can think of.
  2. There are people in this world that no matter what you do, even if you bring upon a miracle, they will never change their mind. Don’t waste your time on them.

And above all, always remember, Allah (God) loves you and cherishes you .. no matter what.

For My Kids · Ramadan

For my Kids: The Story of Hud

Today’s story is a short one but has a very powerful and important lesson. It is about Prophet Hud (pronounced Hoood), who was sent to the people of a clan called Aad (believed to be between today’s Yemen and Oman).

Aad were said to be very rich and powerful people. They had a very strong army and were feared from everyone around them. And they are a tribe who have, sadly, forgotten about Allah (God) and created statues as their gods instead.

Hud came from a good family within Aad that everyone respected. Everyone knew him really well. But when he asked his relatives and people to believe in Allah (God) and to remember what happened to Noah and his people .. they all laughed at him.

At first, just like they did to Noah, they asked him if he is doing this only to get money and tried to buy him off. Then they called him crazy, like almost every messenger and prophet after him.

After a while of Hud trying with them, they were bothered with him and threatened him. (Now remember these people were very powerful people. They were feared by the strongest army all around them. But was Hud scared? Not at all. Why?)

اني توكلت على الله

(This is the most important lesson in Hud’s story, to believe. When you truly believe and leave your fate within Allah’s (God’s) hands, what do you have to worry about? You did not leave your fate up to a human king or a prince or any other person, you are fully depending on the Greatest and most Merciful, the most powerful Allah (God), then why worry?

There is no despair with a true believer, because we know without a doubt that Allah (God) is with us. He will help us if we stumble, protect us if we are scared, and do what is best for us.

Imagine someone who is in the protection of a king or president,  he/she feels like nothing can touch them. When you fully believe that you are in the protection of the King of kings, why worry?

This is the secret ingredient, and the most powerful: faith .. belief. When you believe, when you have faith that you will get through, when you really believe, miracles can happen and you can do anything. When you know that Allah (God) and his angels are carrying you, taking care of you, how can you ever be afraid? Have faith, believe, and Allah (God) will see you through.)

And just like the people asked Noah before to bring on the “bad consequences”, so did Hud’s clan. They said: show us what you’ve been threatening us with if you are really saying the truth.

It all started with a drought. The drought lasted for 3 years. For a place that was so dependent on agriculture, it was devastating. They all went asking their gods and statues to send them rain and save them. They kept sacrificing things for their gods until one day, a booming voice came from the sky.

The voice asked them: Which type of cloud would you like? A white one, a red one, or a black one? They all said black because they knew a black cloud is full of rain.

Then they all rejoiced. They thought that their gods finally answered their pleas and they will finally be saved. Little did they know …

The big black cloud came and covered the sky. It came with strong freezing wind and none were spared, except for Hud and the people who believed. They all perished and there was nothing their gods could do for them now. As being mere statues, they too flew in the wind and crashed with all the rest.

Lessons to Remember:

  • Always believe, Allah (God) is your safety net. No matter what, always have faith and believe that Allah (God) will see you through. Leave everything in Allah’s (God’s) hands, for what better security do you need than the creator of the world, walking side by side with you. If you truly believe, you will never be lost.

And always remember, Allah (God) cherishes and loves you .. no matter what!


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For my Kids: The Story of Noah
























Lessons we take from this is:




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For my Kids: The Story of Adam & Eve


















It was because of arrogance.










So Adam and Hawa (Eve) lived happily in Heaven.









Lessons we can take from this is:





For My Kids · Ramadan

Ramadan Kareem










Thank you and happy Ramadan.


