Ayyub, the Patient Prophet
6 min · Ages 4–12 · Prophet Ayyub (Job)
Ayyub, peace be upon him, faces a long hardship with patience and keeps turning back to Allah. Allah answers him with cool water from the ground, heals him, and gives him back his family.
Ayyub went through hardship and pain for a long time, and he kept turning back to Allah. And Allah said, “We found him patient.”
Try today: When something feels hard today, stay calm and ask Allah gently for help.
How the Story begins
Ayyub is a name worth remembering. His story is true, and it comes from the Qur’an. It is the story of the Prophet Ayyub, peace be upon him. The Qur’an tells us that Allah sent His message to Ayyub, just as He sent it to Ibrahim, and Yunus, and our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. And Allah gave Ayyub a very special word. Can you guess what it was? Patient.
The scholars tell us that Ayyub was once blessed with many good things. He had a family that he loved, and plenty of everything he needed. Picture green fields, and trees heavy with fruit, and a home full of the sound of people he loved. And Ayyub knew where every one of these good things came from. They were gifts from Allah.
But then Allah tested Ayyub. Hardship came to him. The scholars tell us that he lost what he had, and that he became very ill, for a long, long time. The Qur’an does not tell us every detail of what happened. But it does tell us that Ayyub was touched by hardship and pain, and that it was very hard.
The Story has 17 Pages. The rest is narrated in the app.
Hear the whole Story 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-Anbiya 21:83–84, Sad 38:41–44, An-Nisa 4:163, Al-An’am 6:84; Sahih al-Bukhari 279, 3391, 5641; Sahih Muslim 2999; Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 2398 (hasan sahih); with notes from Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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