Islamic Guidance

When Prophet Yusuf (as) was a young boy, he had a dream in which he saw the sun, the moon and eleven stars bow down to him. Prophet Yusuf (as) told his father, Yaqub (as), about his strange dream. Yaqub (as) told him to be careful and not to tell anyone else about the dream. Prophet Yaqub (as) loved all of his sons. But they all, except Binyamin, felt jealous of Yusuf (as) because they thought their father loved Yusuf more than he loved them. See what happened next?

Prophet Yaqub (pbuh) was born in Palestine and was the son of Prophet Ishaq (pbuh). He is known for leading his life in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, spreading the message of the Oneness of God, and advising followers to pray and give in charity. During his lifetime, he travelled to the north of Iraq, returned Palestine and eventually settled in Egypt where he passed away. He was buried in Hebron, Palestine, along with his father, according to his final wishes. Here's his story.

Prophet Abraham AS left Egypt accompanied by his nephew Lut AS, who then went to the city of Sadum, which was on the western shore of the Dead Sea. This city was filled with evil. Its residents waylaid, robbed and had indecent behaviour,  It was at the height of these crimes and sins that Allah revealed to Prophet Lut AS that he should summon the people to give up their indecent behaviour, but they were so deeply sunk in their immoral habits that they were deaf to Lot's preaching.

During their old age, Ibrahim (AS) and his first wife Sarah (AS), the angels came in the form of humans to announce to them the good news that the couple will beget a son, whom they named Ishaq AS. He was sent in the Sham area, when Ishaq (AS) grew older Prophet Ibrahim (AS) told Ishaq (AS) to marry someone from his relatives, so Ishaq (AS) married his cousin, the cousin he married was Rafqah, she was the daughter of Batwil. From Rafqah, Ishaq (AS) had twin sons Isa and Yaqub (AS).

Isma’il is the son of Abraham, and the father of the Arabs. His stories hold many insights and inspirations and show in many parts the meaning of being a Muslim, Isma’il became part of the Arabian tribe. He lived with them in Makah his whole life. Moreover, later in history his descendant will become major tribes of their own and become most Arabians. Making them Sons of prophet Isma’il and his Father prophet Abraham, and proud of their lineage. Watch to find out more.

Ibrahim was born in a house of idolaters, in the kingdom of Babylon. Ibrahim used to watch his father sculpting these idols from stones or wood. He began his uprising against this from the least expected of places; his home. The Qur’an goes on, in its miraculously eloquent and concise expressions, to depict Ibrahim’s struggle against his community where all the odds were against him. It tells us of his debate with them, his flattening of their idols, his community’s reaction of anger, see what happened next.

The people led wealthy excessive lives, built grand buildings, both on the plains, and carved into the hills. Unfortunately, with their extravagant lifestyles came idol worship and wickedness.  Prophet Saleh was sent to warn the people of Thamud, that God was not pleased with their behaviour, Saleh was a pious, righteous man who held a position of leadership in the community, but his call to worship God alone infuriated many people, see what happened next.

Hud was born five generations after Nuh AS. In that time, his people had completely forgotten about The Flood that had struck generations past and had begun worshipping idols made of stone. Despite Hud's warnings and admonitions the people persisted in their idolatry.

Nuh was called as a Prophet to his people, sharing the universal message of Tawhid: believe in One True God (Allah), and follow the guidance He has given. He called upon his people to give up their idol-worship and embrace goodness. Nuh preached this message patiently and kindly for many, many years. As was true of so many of Allah's prophets, the people rejected Nuh's message and ridiculed him, see what happened next.

we will learn about Idris AS, God praised him and attributed to him prophethood and truthfulness. He is Enoch. He was the first descendant of Adam to whom prophethood was given after Adam and Seth. There was a span of 380 years between him and the life of Adam. Thirty scriptures were revealed to him. He was the first to write after Adam, to exert himself in the path of God, to cut and sew clothes, and the first to enslave some of Cain's descendants. He inherited from his father Jared that which his forefathers had bequeathed upon him and had bequeathed to one another. All of this he did during the lifetime of Adam.