Stories of the Prophets

for Children
Who Broke the Idols?
By Imm Ab al-Hasan Al al-Nadw

Translated By
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Dedicated to all the children of the members of Ummah Forum.




The Seller Of Idols

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A long, long time ago.

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In a village there lived a very famous man.

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The name of this man was zar.


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zar used to sell idols.

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In this village there was a very big house.

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And in this house there were idols, very many idols!


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People used to prostrate to these idols.


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And zar used to prostate to these idols.


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And he used to worship these idols.

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zar had a very good son.

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The name of this son was Ibrhm.

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Ibrhm used to watch people.

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He saw them prostrating to idols.

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And he saw them worshipping idols.

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Ibrhm knew that idols were only stone.

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And he knew that idols could not speak or hear.

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And he knew that idols could neither harm nor benefit anyone.

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He saw that flies were sitting on the idols, and they could not even defend themselves
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And he saw that mice were eating the idols food and they could not prevent it.

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Ibrhm said to himself, Why are people prostrating to idols?


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And he asked himself, Why do people ask idols for things?

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Ibrhms Advice

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Ibrhm said to his father,


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Oh my father, why do you worship these idols?


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And Oh my father, why do you prostrate to these idols?


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And Oh my father, why do you ask these idols for things?

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Indeed, these idols cannot speak or hear.

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And indeed these idols cannot harm or benefit anyone!

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Why are you giving them food and drink?

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Oh my father, indeed these idols cannot eat or drink!

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Ibrhm was advising his people, but the people became angry and did not understand.

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Ibrhm Breaks The Idols

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A day of d arrived and the people became happy.

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And the people went out to celebrate the d and the children went out too.

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And Ibrhm's father went out and asked Ibrhm, Arent you going out with us?

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Ibrhm replied, I am sick!

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Ibrhm came to the idols and said to them, Can't you speak? Can't you hear?

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This is food and drink. Wont you eat? Wont you drink?

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But the idols kept quiet because they were stones which cannot speak.

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Ibrhm said, What is wrong with you? Why don't you speak? (37: 92)

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And the idols kept quiet and did not speak.

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At that Ibrhm became angry and grabbed the axe.

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He hit the idols with the axe and broke them.

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The people returned and entered the house of the idols.

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They wanted to prostrate to the idols, since it was a day of d.

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And they felt sad and angry.

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They asked, Who did this to our gods? (21: 59)

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They said, We heard a youngster called Ibrhm mentioning them. (21: 60)

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They asked, Are you the one who did this to our gods, Oh Ibrhm? (21: 62)

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He replied, No, rather the biggest one of them did it; so ask them if they can
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But the people knew that the idols were only stones.

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And they knew that stones cannot hear or speak.

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And that it was not capable of walking or moving.

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And that it was not capable of breaking the idols.

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So they told Ibrhm, You know that the idols cannot speak.

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Ibrhm responded, So how can you worship the idols while they cannot harm or benefit
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And how can you ask the idols for things when they cannot speak or hear?

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Don't you understand anything!? Don't you think!?

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A Cold Fire

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The people gathered together and asked, What shall we do?

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Indeed, Ibrhm has broken the idols and insulted the gods.

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The people asked, What should Ibrhm's punishment be? What should his requital be?

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The answer was, Burn him, and help your gods. (21: 68)

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And that is what happened: they lit a fire and threw Ibrhm into it.

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But Allah helped Ibrhm and said to the fire,

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Oh fire, be cool and peaceful for Ibrhm. (21: 69)

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And that is what happened: the fire was cool and peaceful for him.

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The people saw that the fire was not harming Ibrhm.

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And they saw that Ibrhm was happy and that he was safe and healthy.

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They were amazed and bewildered.


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That night Ibrhm saw a star and he said, This is my Lord.

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The sun rose and he said, This is my Lord; this is the greatest. (6: 78)

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Indeed, Allah is the Most Powerful and nothing overpowers Him.

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The star is weak; it is overpowered by the morning.

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And the moon is weak; it is overpowered by the sun.

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And the sun is weak; it is overpowered by the night and by the clouds.

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And the sun cannot help me because it is weak.

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Because Allah is Ever-Living and never dies.

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Ibrhm recognised that Allah is his Lord.

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Because Allah is Ever-Living and never dies.

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Ibrhm recognised that Allah is the Lord of the star!

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And that Allah is the Lord of the moon!

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And that Allah is the Lord of the entire universe!

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Allah guided Ibrhm and made him a Prophet and took him as a friend.


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And Allah commanded Ibrhm to invite his people towards Allah and to forbid them
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Ibrhms Invitation


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Ibrhm invited his people towards Allah and forbade them from worshiping idols.

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Ibrhm said to his people, What are you worshiping?

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They replied, We are worshiping idols. (26: 71)

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Ibrhm asked, Can they hear you if you call on them? (26: 72)

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Can they benefit you or cause any harm? (26: 73)

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They replied, No, but we found our forefathers doing this. (26: 74)

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Ibrhm said, So I will not worship these idols.


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Rather, I am an enemy to these idols.

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I worship the Lord of the entire universe.

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The One who created me and who guides me. (26: 78)

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The One who feeds me and gives me to drink. (26: 79)

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And when I become sick, then He cures me. (26: 80)

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The One who will cause me to die and then bring me back to life. (26: 81)

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Indeed, the idols cannot create and cannot guide.

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In Front Of The King

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In the city, there was a very powerful king who was totally unjust.

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People used to prostrate to the king.

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So he became angry and called for Ibrhm.

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Ibrhm came and he never used to fear anyone, except Allah.

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The king asked, Who is your Lord, Oh Ibrhm?

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Ibrhm replied, My Lord is Allah!

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The king asked, Who is Allah, Oh Ibrhm?

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Ibrhm replied, The One who gives life and causes death. (2: 258)

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The king said, I give life and cause death. (2: 258)

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The king called a man and killed him.

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And he said, I give life and cause death; I killed a man and left a man alive.

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The king was very stupid, and so were all the polytheists.

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And Ibrhm wanted the king and his people to understand.

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The Invitation To The Father

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Oh my Father, why do you worship that which cannot hear and cannot see?
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And why do you worship that which cannot benefit and cannot cause harm?

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Oh my Father, don't worship Shaytn. (19: 44)

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Oh my Father, worship al-Rahmn (the Most Merciful).

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Ibrhm was gentle and forbearing, so he said to his father, Peace be upon you.
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And he said to him, I will go from here and supplicate to my Lord.

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To Makkah

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Ibrhm's people became angry, the king became angry, and Ibrhm's father became
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And Ibrhm wanted to travel to another land, to worship Allah there and call people
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So Ibrhm migrated from his country and said goodbye to his father.

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He headed towards Makkah, and with him was his wife Hjar.

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Makkah at that time did not have any plants or trees.

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And Makkah did not have any animals or people.

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And he left his wife Hjar and his son Isml.

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When Ibrhm wanted to leave, his wife Hjar asked him,

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The Zamzam Well

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After a while, Isml became thirsty.

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His mother wanted to give him water to drink; but where was the water?

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Hjar was searching for water.

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Allah helped Hjar and He helped Isml, so He created water for them.

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The water came forth from the earth and Isml drank and Hjar drank.

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And the water remained there; it became the Zamzam well.

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Allah blessed the Zamzam water.

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And this well is the same one from which people drink during the Hajj and from which
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Ibrhm's Dream

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Ibrhm returned to Makkah after a while.

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Isml was a young boy; he ran and played and went out with his father.

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And Ibrhm used to love Isml a lot.

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That night, Ibrhm saw in a dream that he was sacrificing Isml.

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Ibrhm was a true Prophet and his dreams were true dreams.

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And Ibrhm was the friend of Allah, so he wanted to carry out what Allah had ordered
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Ibrhm said, Indeed, I have seen in a dream that I am sacrificing you. So look, what
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He said, O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allah wills,
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Ibrhm took Isml with him and he also took a knife.

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And when Ibrhm reached Mina, he intended to sacrifice Isml.

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And Isml lied down on the ground.

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And Ibrhm intended to sacrifice him; he placed the knife on Isml 's throat.

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But Allah loved to see whether His friend would do what He commanded him to do.

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And did he love Allah more, or his son.

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And Ibrhm succeeded in the test.

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So Allah sent Jibril with a ram from Paradise and said, Sacrifice this and do not sacrifice
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And Allah loved Ibrhm 's deed, so He commanded the Muslims to sacrifice something
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May Allah's peace and blessings be upon Ibrhm, the friend.

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And may Allah's peace and blessings upon his son Isml.

The Ka'bah

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Ibrhm went away, and then later returned.

 
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He wanted to build a house for Allah as there were lots of houses.

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And Isml wanted to build a house for Allah with his father.

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So Ibrhm and Isml carried stones from the mountains.

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And Ibrhm built the Kabah by hand, and Isml built the Kabah by hand.

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And Ibrhm used to remember Allah and supplicate to Him.

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And Isml used to remember Allah and supplicate to Him.

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Our Lord! Accept from us (our deeds). Indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the
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And Allah accepted from Ibrhm and Isml and blessed the Kabah.

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We face the Kabah in every Salh.

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And Muslims travel to the Kabah during the days of Hajj.

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May Allah's peace and blessings be upon Ibrhm.

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May Allah's peace and blessings be upon Isml.

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And may Allah's peace and blessings be upon Muhammad.

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Bayt al-Maqdis

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Ibrhm had another wife. Her name was Srah.

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And he had another son from her whose name was Is-hq.

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Ibrhm and Is-hq lived in al-Shm.

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And Is-hq built a house for Allah in al-Shm just as his father and brother had built a
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This Masjid which Is-hq built in al-Shm is Bayt al-Maqdis.

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It is Masjid al-Aqs, whose surroundings Allah has blessed.

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Allah blessed the children of Is-hq just as He blessed the children of Isml.

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From them, there were Prophets and kings.

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Is-hq had a son whose name was Yaqb, and he was a Prophet.

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Yaqb had twelve sons, one of them being Ysuf bin Yaqb.

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Ysuf has an amazing story in the Qurn.

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And this story is now presented to you!

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