📖 Storytellers
ages 10 to 12Read more, then tell the story in your own words, study the cards, and make your journal and your mosque.
My activities
Retell the story
Read the tale, then tell it in your own words!
Values journal
Your private notebook: what did you learn today?
Build Your Mosque
Pick the seven parts of a mosque and place them in the courtyard — watch your mosque grow!
Little Time Machine
Travel with Hudhud through five eras of the story of Islam — pick an era to visit and collect stars!
Your passport
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Did you know?
Rana Dajani, a Jordanian molecular biologist and professor at the Hashemite University, researches Circassian and Chechen genetics in Jordan and the ethics of genomic research. — Rana Dajani
Reading shelf
Read the Explorers text, then cross the bridge to the full text.
Person
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
- Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid
- Abd Allah ibn Amir
- Abd Allah ibn Rawaha
- Abdullah ibn Abbas
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Abdullah ibn Ubayy
- Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
- Abu Hurayra
- Abu Ja'far al-Mansur
- Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)
- Abu Lahab
- Abu Musa al-Ashari
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
- Adam
- Aisha bint Abi Bakr
- Al Bukhari
- al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi
- al-Bara' ibn Azib
- al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi
- al-Khwarizmi
- al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub
- al-Mu'tadid bi-llah
- al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid
- al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
- al-Mutawakkil ala Allah
- al-Muthanna ibn Haritha
- al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir
- al-Qadir bi-llah Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir
- al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
- al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Ammar ibn Yasir
- Amr ibn al-As
- Anas ibn Malik
- Asma' bint Umays
- Bilal ibn Rabah
- Fatima bint Muhammad
- Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri
- Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Harun al-Rashid
- Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa
- Hasan ibn Ali
- Hassan ibn Thabit
- Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
- Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
- Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
- Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- Ibrahim (Abraham)
- Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl
- Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus)
- Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari
- Khadija bint Khuwaylid
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As
- Malik ibn Anas
- Mu'adh ibn Jabal
- Muhammad
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
- Mus'ab ibn Umayr
- Musa
- Nuh (Noah)
- Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi
- Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
- Safiyya bint Huyayy
- Salih Reis
- Sawda bint Zam'a
- Suhayl ibn Amr
- Talha ibn Ubaydullah
- Ubada ibn al-Samit
- Ubayy ibn Ka'b
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
- Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Umm Habiba Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan
- Usama ibn Zayd
- Uthman ibn Affan
- Uyayna ibn Hisn al-Fazari
- Zayd ibn Haritha
- السلطان سليم شاه بن عثمان
- بايزيد الثاني
- جرير بن عبد الله البجلي
- جلال الدين منكبرتي بن خوارزم شاه
- خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد
- زرياب
- زياد بن أبي سفيان
- سليمان القانوني
- شيخ الإسلام ابن حجر العسقلاني
- مراد الثاني
Event
- Battle of the Yarmuk
- Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH
- Defense of the Prophet at Uhud
- Expedition of Nakhla
- Khalid ibn al-Walid's mission to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, their conversion and their delegation
- Last Quraysh delegation to Abu Talib
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- The affair of the Badr prisoners
- The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir
- The Battle of Badr
- The Battle of Hunayn
- The Battle of Mu'tah
- The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)
- The Battle of Uhud
- The Battle of Yamama
- The boycott of the Banu Hashim
- The builders of the mosque ask the Prophet to pray in it
- The building of the Prophet's Mosque
- The burial of the Prophet
- The Conquest of Khaybar
- The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)
- The Conquest of Syria
- The Conquest of the Jazira
- The Constitution of Medina
- The death of the Prophet
- The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest
- The delegation of Thaqif
- The departure night of the Hijra
- The dispatch of the sadaqa collectors
- The distribution of Hunayn spoils at al-Ji'rana
- The duel at Badr
- The Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')
- The expedition to Tabuk
- The Farewell Pilgrimage
- The Farewell Sermon at Arafat
- The first Friday prayer
- The first migration to Abyssinia
- The first revelation
- The Founding of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad)
- The Founding of the Nizamiyya in Baghdad
- The Hijra
- The Isra and Mi'raj
- The letter of the kings of Himyar
- The Letters to Rulers and Kings
- The pause of revelation (Fatra)
- The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims
- The Pledges of Aqaba
- The Prophet's journey to al-Ta'if
- The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations
- The Ridda Wars
- The second migration to Abyssinia
- The siege of Ta'if
- The sojourn at Quba
- The Tatar sack of Baghdad and the killing of al-Musta'sim
- The three who were left behind after Tabuk
- The three years of the secret call
- The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
- The Year of Delegations
- Umar accepts Islam
- Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim
- Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Judham and the Prophet's restitution
Place
- Aksum
- al-Andalus
- al-Hira
- al-Sham (Greater Syria)
- Aleppo
- Alexandria
- Algiers
- Arafat
- Armenia
- Badr
- Baghdad
- Basra
- Cairo
- Cordoba
- Damascus
- Dhu al-Hulayfa
- Hama
- Harran
- Ifriqiya
- Isfahan
- Istanbul
- Jerusalem
- Khaybar
- Mecca
- Medina
- Mina
- Misr (Egypt)
- Mosul
- Mount Uhud
- Mu'tah
- Muzdalifa
- Quba
- Rayy
- Samarqand
- Ta'if
- Tabuk
- The Jazira
- Timbuktu
- Tunis
- Yemen
Group
- al-Khazraj
- Bakr ibn Wa'il
- Banu Abd Shams
- Banu Hamdan
- Banu Hashim
- Banu Jumah
- Banu Makhzum
- Banu Nadir
- Banu Sahm
- Banu Taghlib ibn Wa'il
- Banu Tamim
- Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams
- Banu Zuhra
- Hawazin
- Himyar
- Khuza'a
- Kinda
- Quraysh
- Thamud
- Thaqif
- The builders of Masjid al-Dirar
- The early Muslim community
- The Muhajirun
Concept
- Charity (sadaqa)
- Divine forgiveness (maghfira)
- Girih
- Hadith
- Iman (faith)
- Islamic calligraphy
- Mosque
- Muslim brotherhood
- Prophetic adab (proper conduct)
- Remembrance of God (dhikr)
- Tawhid (the oneness of God)
- The Abbasid Translation Movement
- The five pillars of Islam
- The Hijri calendar
- The lawful, the unlawful and the doubtful
- The madhhab
- Trade in Islam
Building
- Al-Masjid Al-Haram
- Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom
- Eyüp Sultan Mosque
- Great Mosque of Córdoba
- Hagia Sophia
- Library of the Córdoba Palace
- Mosque of the Two Qiblas
- New Mosque
- Prophet's Mosque
- The Alhambra
- The Kaaba
Practice
- Du'a (supplication)
- Eid al-Fitr
- Fasting in Ramadan
- Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca)
- Salah (the prescribed prayer)
- Tawaf (circling the Kaaba)
- Umrah
- Wudu (ablution)
- Zakat (obligatory alms)
Polity
Period
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- The Gunpowder Empires
- The Prophetic Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
Language
Work
Object
🎴 Stories in twelve cards
A museum story told in twelve picture cards — press play and it reads itself to you, one card at a time.
🃏 Study modes
Flip cards for numbered material: keys, adhkar, names, prophets.
Ready for the big museum?
Doors to the big museum — for those who want more
These links leave the kids' wing for the big museum
The story of 'Isa
A full story from beginning to end: a miraculous birth, great miracles, and an ascension.
The progeny of Nuh
After the Flood, where did people come from? Meet Nuh's three sons and where their descendants settled.
The Prophetic biography
The life of Prophet Muhammad in twenty-four stations — from Makkah to Madinah.
The People of the Cave
Brave youths believed in their Lord and fled with their faith to a cave — what happened to them there?
Duha prayer
A beautiful morning prayer called the prayer of the oft-returning — when is its time and how is it done?
Nine techniques for memorizing the Quran
Nine clever techniques to help you memorize the Quran — pick the one that suits you and start today.
Seedlings of Paradise
Did you know you can plant things in Paradise while you are still on earth? Find out how!
'Wa-bashshir' in the Quran — forms and occurrences
The word 'wa-bashshir' repeats in the Quran with joyful meanings — trace its places on the map.
Outgrown this band?
Scholars (ages 13 to 15) is waiting for you, and your passport goes with you.
For grown-ups
Each age band has its own page and its activities in order from easiest to hardest. Progress is kept in this browser only, with no account and no tracking, and is erased with one button.