Munira

Musa and the Wise Teacher

8 min · Ages 9–12 · Prophet Musa (Moses)

A small wooden boat on a calm sea where two seas meet, with a fish leaping from the water.

Musa, peace be upon him, travels to the place where two seas meet to learn from a wise servant of Allah. On the way he learns about patience, and that Allah knows the whole story when we do not understand.

The Moral · Patience

Musa found it hard to stay patient with things he did not understand. Allah knows the whole story, and there is wisdom in it that we cannot always see.

Try today: When you do not understand something, wait calmly, then ask kindly.

How the Story begins

Where the two seas meet, a little fish slipped into the water. This is a true story. It comes from the Qur’an, in Surah Al-Kahf, and our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, told us even more about it. It is the story of the Prophet Musa, peace be upon him, and a long journey he made to learn from a wise servant of Allah. It is a story about knowledge, about patience, and about trusting Allah when we do not understand.

Our Prophet told us how it began. One day, Musa stood up to speak to his people, the Children of Israel. Someone asked him, “Who is the most knowledgeable of all people?” Musa answered, “I am.” But Allah gently taught Musa that he should have said, Allah knows best. So Allah told him that there was a servant of His, at the place where the two seas meet, who knew things that Musa did not know.

Musa wanted very much to meet this servant and learn from him. He asked Allah how he could find him. Allah told him to take a fish with him in a basket. Wherever he lost the fish, there he would find the man. So Musa set off, with a young helper named Yusha. Musa said, “I will not stop until I reach the place where the two seas meet, even if I have to travel for years.”

The Story has 18 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-Kahf 18:60–82; Sahih al-Bukhari 122, 3401 and 3402; with notes from Tafsir Ibn Kathir

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