Adam and the Names of Everything
7 min · Ages 4–12 · Prophet Adam · Free Story
Allah makes Adam, peace be upon him, from the clay of the earth and teaches him the names of everything. In a beautiful garden he makes a mistake, says sorry, and is forgiven. Adam learns that Allah accepts us when we turn back to Him.
Adam made a mistake, and he turned back to Allah straight away. And Allah forgave him, because He is the Most Forgiving.
Try today: If you get something wrong, say sorry quickly, and mean it.
How the Story begins
Your family is much bigger than you think. This is a true story, from the Qur’an. It is the story of the very first person, the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him. Adam is the father of every person in the whole world. Your mother and father, your grandparents, your friends, and you too: we are all the children of Adam. So this is a story about our very own family. Let’s begin.
Long, long ago, before there were any people at all, Allah spoke to the angels. He told them that He was going to place on the earth a new kind of creation, who would live there, one after another. The angels wondered about this. They asked whether this new creation might do harm on the earth, while they themselves praised Allah and declared His glory all the time.
Allah answered them: “I know what you do not know.” Allah knows everything, and He always has a wise plan, even when we cannot see it yet. Then Allah made Adam. The Qur’an tells us that Allah made him from clay, from the earth itself. Allah shaped him with care, and gave him life. And so the very first person stood up, ready to begin.
The Story has 18 Pages. The rest is narrated in the app.
This Story is free in Munira. Narrated Page by Page over hand-drawn Scenes, then a picture Quiz and one Moral to carry into tomorrow. Bedtime Mode dims the screen and fades the narration to silence.
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Sources
Retold from Surah Al-Baqarah 2:30–38, Al-A'raf 7:11–25, Ta-Ha 20:115–123, Al 'Imran 3:59, Sad 38:71–72, Al-Kahf 18:50; Sahih al-Bukhari 3326, 6227 and Sahih Muslim 2841 (the first greeting); with notes from Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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