Stories of the prophets
Islamic Studies · Key Stage 1 · The School
Many prophets, one message
Muslims believe Allah sent prophets to every people. The Quran names 25 of them. They include Adam, Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus) and Muhammad ﷺ. They came at different times. They came to different places. But they all taught the same thing: worship Allah alone.
Ibrahim and the idols
Ibrahim grew up among people who worshipped statues. They had carved those statues themselves. He asked them a simple question. Why worship something you made with your own hands? They could not answer him. He was thrown into a fire for asking. Allah saved him. His story is about the courage to ask the obvious question.
Why we learn them
The Quran does not tell these stories as history lessons. It tells them as examples. Nuh was patient for many long years. Yusuf forgave his brothers. Musa asked Allah for courage before he faced Pharaoh. We meet the same things in smaller ways. When we do, we already have a picture of what to do.
NUH called his people for many years. Few of them listened. IBRAHIM asked his people why they worshipped what they had carved. MUSA was sent to Pharaoh, who claimed to be a lord. ISA was sent to the Children of Israel. MUHAMMAD ﷺ was sent to all people. Different times. Different places. Different tests. And every one of them said the same thing: worship Allah alone.