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🔥 Ibrahim and the fire

Ibrahim · إِبْرَاهِيم

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1. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) lived among people who made idols out of stone and wood and prayed to them. Ibrahim knew that statues cannot hear, see or help anyone.
2. One night, Ibrahim showed his people a bright star and said: this is my lord? But the star disappeared. Then the moon came out, and it set too. In the morning, the big sun rose, and in the evening it set as well.
3. Ibrahim said: I do not love things that disappear (Al-An'am 6:76). The true Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth, and He never disappears. Ibrahim wanted his people to think, too.
4. One day, while the people were away, Ibrahim broke the idols, all except the biggest one. When they came back, he said: ask them who did it, if they can speak! The people knew the idols could not speak.
5. The people became very angry and lit an enormous fire. They threw Ibrahim into it. But Allah said: O fire, be coolness and safety for Ibrahim (Al-Anbiya 21:69). The fire did not hurt him at all!
6. Years later, Ibrahim went to the valley of Makkah, a dry place with rocks and sand. There, his son Ismail (peace be upon him) grew up.
7. Allah told Ibrahim to build a house for worshipping Allah. Ibrahim and Ismail raised the walls of the Kaaba together, stone by stone. As they worked, they prayed: Our Lord, accept this from us. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing (Al-Baqarah 2:127).

Did you understand the story?

1. What did Ibrahim look at to show that the true Lord never disappears?
- The trees
- A star, the moon and the sun
- The rivers
2. What did Allah tell the fire?
- Be coolness and safety for Ibrahim
- Grow bigger
- Go out slowly
3. Who built the Kaaba with Ibrahim?
- His son Ismail
- His neighbours
- The king
4. The idols could hear and talk.
TrueFalse
5. Write three things in the sky or in nature that remind you that Allah is the Creator.

What we learnWe use our minds to think about Allah's creation, and we trust Allah even when things look scary.

Answer key for parents and teachers

1. A star, the moon and the sun
2. Be coolness and safety for Ibrahim
3. His son Ismail
4. False

Read the story

1. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) lived among people who made idols out of stone and wood and prayed to them. Ibrahim knew that statues cannot hear, see or help anyone.

2. One night, Ibrahim showed his people a bright star and said: this is my lord? But the star disappeared. Then the moon came out, and it set too. In the morning, the big sun rose, and in the evening it set as well.

3. Ibrahim said: I do not love things that disappear (Al-An'am 6:76). The true Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth, and He never disappears. Ibrahim wanted his people to think, too.

4. One day, while the people were away, Ibrahim broke the idols, all except the biggest one. When they came back, he said: ask them who did it, if they can speak! The people knew the idols could not speak.

5. The people became very angry and lit an enormous fire. They threw Ibrahim into it. But Allah said: O fire, be coolness and safety for Ibrahim (Al-Anbiya 21:69). The fire did not hurt him at all!

6. Years later, Ibrahim went to the valley of Makkah, a dry place with rocks and sand. There, his son Ismail (peace be upon him) grew up.

7. Allah told Ibrahim to build a house for worshipping Allah. Ibrahim and Ismail raised the walls of the Kaaba together, stone by stone. As they worked, they prayed: Our Lord, accept this from us. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing (Al-Baqarah 2:127).

Did you understand the story?

1. What did Ibrahim look at to show that the true Lord never disappears?

The trees
A star, the moon and the sun
The rivers

2. What did Allah tell the fire?

Be coolness and safety for Ibrahim
Grow bigger
Go out slowly

3. Who built the Kaaba with Ibrahim?

His son Ismail
His neighbours
The king

4. The idols could hear and talk.

TrueFalse

5. Write three things in the sky or in nature that remind you that Allah is the Creator.