The story of bani Israel is enumerated throughout the pages of the Qur’an — God Himself choses to tell us their story in His sacred words! Among the most remarkable elements of the story is that these people experienced utter oppression by the most brutal of tyrants and also witnessed the greatest king to ever walk the earth rise from among them. Today we explore these two historical facts to understand what makes it possible for a people to go through such a complete transformation? How can we ourselves experience such a transformation? Could the day of ’Ashura be exactly what we need?