One day long ago, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey.When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship.Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would […]
Islamic Stories
The ant and the dove
One hot day, an ant was searching for some water.After walking around for some time, she came to a spring.To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass.While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.She could have drowned if a dove up […]
The hare and the tortoise
A tortoise one day met a hare who made fun of her.“My, my, you move so slowly, you will never get far!”The tortoises, upset by the hare’s manner, said,“Let’s have a race and see who is faster.”The hare laughed and said, “You must be joking! But all right, we’llsee who […]
The boy who cried wolf
Once there was a shepherd boy who had to look after a flock ofsheep. One day, he felt bored and decided to play a trick on thevillagers. He shouted, “Help! Wolf! Wolf!”The villagers heard his cries and rushed out of the village to helpthe shepherd boy. When they reached him, […]
Learn from mistakes
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament forthe light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained,“All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we havelearned a lot. We now know […]
The travelers and the plane tree
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country.When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet werevery painful, because it was the first time that he went for […]
The farmer and the stork
Finding that cranes were destroying his newly sown corn, a farmerone evening set a net in his field to catch the destructive birds.When he went to examine the net next morning he founda number of cranes and also a stork.“Release me, I beseech you,” cried the stork, “for I have […]
Don’t change the world
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he […]
How should we choose our friends according to Islam?
We should choose the friend that believes in and abide by our religion (Islam) and gives great respect to what Allah (SWT) and Prophet Muhammad (saw) had ordered us. And we should stay away from the one who is not well mannered and gives no attention to what Islam is […]
Don’t be Selfish
A couple, whom we shall call Adam and Aisha, had a nice home and two lovely children, a boy and a girl. Adam had a good job and had just been asked to go on a business trip to another city and would be gone for several days. It was […]