Story of Prophet Lut (AS)

Story of Prophet Lut (AS)

1. Where were  the people of  Sodon lived  ? What were they doing ?

              People of Sodon was on the western shore of the Dead Sea. This city was filled with evil. Its residents waylaid, robbed and killed travelers. Another common evil among them was that men had sex with men instead of with women. This unnatural act later became known as sodomy (after the city of Sodom). It was practiced openly and unashamedly.

2. Why Prophet Lut (AS) was  sent to people of Sodon by Allah SWT?

             It was at the height of these crimes and sins that Allah SWT  revealed to Prophet Lut (AS) that he should summon the people to give up their indecent behavior, but they were so deeply sunk in their immoral habits that they were deaf to Lut's preaching. Swamped in their unnatural desires, they refused to listen, even when Lut warned them of Allah's punishment. Instead, they threatened to drive him out of the city if he kept on preaching.

3. How Angels came to Prophet Lut (AS)  and what they had instructed him to do ? 

             Angels reached the walls of the town in the afternoon. The first person who caught sight of them was Lut's daughter, who was sitting beside the river, filling her jug with water. When she lifted her face and saw them, she was stunned that there could be men of such magnificent beauty on earth.

               One of the three men (angels) asked Lut's daughter " is there a place to rest?", she swiftly ran home and asked his father. Lut felt distressed as he quickly ran to his guests. He asked them where they came from and where they were going. They did not answer his questions. Instead they asked if he could host them. He requested them to wait until the night fell, for then no one would see them. When darkness fell on the town, Lut escorted his guest to his home. No one was aware of their presence. Lut's wife saw them , she ran to her people with the news and it spread to all the inhabitants like wildfire.

       The angels warned Prophet Lut (AS) to leave his house before sunrise, taking with him all his family except his wife, who was a disbeliever.

4. What type of punishment did people of Sodon  received from Allah SWT ?

              Allah SWT had decreed that the city of Sodom should perish. An earthquake rocked the town. It was as if a mighty power had lifted the entire city and flung it down in one jolt. A storm of stones rained on the city. Everyone and everything was destroyed, including Lut's wife.

Story of Prophet Ishaq(AS) and Prophet Yaqub(AS)

Story of Prophet Ishaq(AS)  and Prophet Yaqub(AS)

1. Who is Prophet Ishaq (AS)  ?

           He is the son of Ibrahim (AS) and Sarah, Half brother of prophet Ismail (AS). Father of Yaqub (AS) and grand father of Yusuf (AS).

2. How many times Prophet Ishaq(as) name mentioned in Quran ?

             17 times.

3. Where did Prophet Ishaq (AS) died ?

            In the village of Hebron which lies in the land of Canaan where Ibrahim (AS) had lived. Then Isaac fell ill and died when he was one hundred eighty years old. His sons Esau and Yaqub (AS) buried him with his father Ibrahim Al Khalil in a cave which he had bought. It was said that Ibrahim (AS) died at the age of one hundred seventy five.

4. Who is Prophet Yaqub (AS) and family ?

            He is the son of Ishaq(AS) and Rebekah Bint Bethuel. Father of Yusuf (AS).

5. How many sons did Prophet Yaqub (AS) had ?

           He had 12 sons, among then was Prophet Yusuf(AS) .

6. Who were Banu Israel ?

Prophet Yaqub (AS) was also called by the name Israel. Hence His descendants , 12 sons and their tribes were called as Banu Israel ( Children of Israel).

Story of Prophet Ismail (AS)

Story of Prophet Ismail (AS)

1. How Zam Zam originated ?

           As per the command of Allah SWT, Ibrahim (AS) took Hajar and Ismail (AS) (The child was still nursing and not yet weaned)  to the desert of the Arabian Peninsula and came to an uncultivated valley having no fruit, no trees, no food, no water. The valley had no sign of life. He left them with a small amount of food and water. He turned around and walked away.

          Hajar went on suckling Ismail (AS)  and drinking from  the water (she had) . When the water in the water skin had been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty, She started looking at him  Ismail (AS) tossing in agony. She left him,for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of As-Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land. she too on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended for As Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble till she crossed the valley and reached the mountain of Al Marwa. There she stood and started looking expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated that running between Safa And Marwa seven times."

           When she reached Al Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said: "O whoever you maybe! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing) till water flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her water skin with water with her hands and the water was flowing out water she had scooped some of it." The Prophet (pbuh) added: "May Allah bestow mercy on Ismail (AS) 's mother! Had she let the zam-zam flow without trying to control it, or had she not scooped from that water to fill her water skin, Zam zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth."

2. How people settled in Makkah at first ?

           Hajar drank water and suckled her child. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child as they (the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada. they landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said: "this bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in this valley." They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water and returned to inform them of the water. So they all came towards the water.

            Ismail (AS)'s mother was sitting near the water. They asked her: "Do you allow us to stay with you?" She replied: "Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water." They agreed to that.So they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents there.

3. Who build the Kaaba first and how ?

            As commanded by Allah SWT Ibrahim (AS) and Ismail (AS) built the Kaaba. When the building became high and the  Ibrahim (AS) stood over the stone of Al Maqam and Ismail (AS)carried on handing him the stones.

4. What was the greatest test for Ibrahim (AS) from Allah SWT ?

            One night Ibrahim (AS)  dreamt Allah SWT  told him to sacrifice Ismail(AS). Ibrahim(AS) knew that Allah SWT would only ask him to do such a thing if he had good reason. Even though he loved his son dearly, he was prepared to do this difficult thing for Allah SWT. When they reached Mount Arafat, Ibrahim(AS) told Ismail (AS) what Allah SWT wanted him to do. Ismail(AS) as young boy  listened and accepted what was to happen. He then took the knife and did what Allah SWT  had told him to do. When he took the blindfold from his eyes he looked down, not at his son but at a dead ram. He thought he had disobeyed but then he heard a voice telling him not to worry. Allah SWT looks after his followers. Ibrahim (AS) and Ismail (AS) had passed a difficult test.

5. Who gave the glad tidings about Ishaaq (AS) to Ibrahim (AS) and Sarah ?

            Three angels descended to the earth; Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil. They came in human shapes and saluted Ibrahim (AS ). He arose and welcomed them. He took them inside his tent thinking they were strangers and guests. The servants roasted and served a calf. Ibrahim (AS ) invited the angels to eat, and he started eating so as to encourage them. But  they didn't eat food. He began to fear them. One of them said: "Do not fear." Ibrahim (AS ) raised his head and replied: "Indeed I am in fear. I have asked you to eat food but you do not stretch out your hands to eat. Do you intend me evil?". One of the angels smiled and said: "We do not eat. We are Allah's angels." One of them then turned towards his wife and conveyed the glad tidings about  Ishaaq (AS) and after him of yaqub (AS). Angels also said they have been send for the destruction of the people of Lot.

Story of Prophet Ibrahim (AS)

Story of Prophet  Ibrahim (AS)

 1. What did Prophet Ibrahim (AS)'s  father do for living ?

           He  used to make the idols with his own hands and sell . He was a idolater.

2. As a young boy how did Prophet Ibrahim (AS) feel about his father's idols  ?

         He played with them and rode on their backs. When he knew that people worshipped them. He rejected this idea and was disgusted and repulsed. He was endowed with spiritual understanding from an early age. Allah SWT enlightened his heart and mind gave him wisdom from childhood.

3. How  Ibrahim (AS) discovers Allah SWT ?
           One night Ibrahim (AS )left his house to go to a mountain. He walked alone in the dark until he chose a cave in the mountain where he sat resting his back against its wall. He looked at the sky. He had hardly seen it when he remembered that he was looking at planets and stars which were worshiped by some people on earth. His young heart was filled with tremendous pain. He considered what was beyond the moon, the stars and the planets (i.e. Allah) and was astonished that these celestial bodies were worshiped by men , when they had been created to worship and obey their Creator, appearing and disappearing at His command.

4. What happened when Ibrahim (AS)  invited his father to Islam?
             He rejected him and threatened to stone him.

5. What did Ibrahim (AS) do to the idols in the temple?
            He smashed them all up except for the biggest one. He hung the axe around the neck of the biggest one. He had fulfilled his vow to show his people a practical proof of their foolishness in worshiping something other than Allah SWT.

6. What were the people's reaction when the saw what  Ibrahim (AS)  had done?
            They were angry and they threw Ibrahim (as) into the fire.

7. What happened to Ibrahim (AS)  in the fire?
            Nothing.  Allah SWT ordered the fire to be cool and it did not burn Ibrahim (AS).

8. What did Namrud ask Ibrahim (AS) and what was the answer?
             Namrud : What can your god do that I cannot ?
             Ibrahim (AS) : My Lord is He Who gives life and death
             Namrud : I give life and death. I can bring a person from the street and have him executed, and I can grant my pardon to a person who was sentenced to death and save his life.
             Ibrahim (AS) : Allah makes the sun rise from the East. Can you make it rise from the West
             Namrud was utterly defeated.

9. Who were the only people who believed in Ibrahim(AS)'s message?
             The woman's name was Sarah and she became his wife. The man's name was Lot and he became a prophet.

10. When everyone rejected prophet Ibrahim(AS) 's message, he decided to leave for the sake of Allah. What he did ?
              He decided to emigrate. He left his people and traveled with his wife sarah and Lot to a city called Ur, then another called Haran, and then to Palestine. After Palestine, Ibrahim (AS ) traveled to Egypt, calling people to believe in Allah SWT wherever he traveled, judging fairly between people, and guiding them to truth and righteousness.

11. Sarah and Ibrahim(AS) began to get old and Sarah had not been able to have children.What she did?
           She offered her husband her servant Hajar in marriage. Hajar gave birth to her first son Ismail (AS).

12. How Allah SWT showed Ibrahim (AS) , how Allah SWT brought the dead back to life ?
              Allah SWT commanded  Ibrahim (AS)to take four birds, cut them up and mingle their body parts divide them into four portions and place them on top of four different hills, then call back the birds in Allah's name.  Ibrahim (AS) did as he was told. Immediately the mingled parts of the birds separated to join their original bodies in different places and the birds flew back to  Ibrahim (AS).

13. Family of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) 

Story of Prophet Salih (AS)

Story of Prophet Salih (AS)

1. Who was the Prophet sent to people of Thamud by Allah SWT?

           Prophet Salih (AS)

2. What Miracle/clear evidence send to people of Thamud ?

            As requested , Allah  SWT ordered the distant rock to split asunder, to bringing forth a great ten month pregnant she camel. When their eyes set on it, they were amazed. They saw a great thing, wonderful sight, a dazzling power and clear evidence.

3. What was the nature of She Camel ?

           It was said that the she camel was miraculous because a rock in the mountain split open and it came forth from it, followed by its young offspring.It was a blessed camel, and its milk sufficient for thousands of men, women and children. If it slept in a place that place was abandoned by other animals. Thus it was obvious that is was not an ordinary camel, but one of Allah's signs.

4. What people of Thamud did to She camel.

            They killed the she camel .

5. How people of Thamud were destroyed ?

           Thunderbolts filled the air, followed by severe, earthquakes which destroyed the entire tribe and its homeland. The land was violently shaken, destroying all living creatures in it. There was one terrific cry which had hardly ended when the disbelievers of Salih's people were struck dead, one and all, at the same time. Neither their strong buildings nor their rock hewn homes could protect them.

Story of Prophet Hud (AS)

Story of Prophet Hud (AS)

1. Who were the people of Ad ? Where they lived ?
                  The people of 'Ad lived many years in the windswept hills of an area between Yemen and Oman. They were physically well built and renowned for their craftsmanship especially in the construction of tall buildings with lofty towers.

2. Who was the Prophet sent to people of Ad by Allah SWT?
                  Allah SWT wanted to guide and discipline these people so He sent a prophet from among them.This prophet was Hud (AS), a noble man who handled this task with great resoluteness and tolerance.

3. Did  the people of Ad, listen to Hud (AS) ?

                  No, They didn't listen to Hud (AS) and they didn't believe in  Allah SWT. The conflict between Hud (AS)  and his people continued. The years passed, and they became prouder and more obstinate, and more tyrannical and more defiant of their prophet's message.

4. What type of punishment did disbelievers  received from Allah SWT ?

                    A drought spread throughout the land, for the sky no longer sent its rain. the sun scorched the desert sands, looking like a disk of fire which settled on people's heads.The drought  increased, the trees turned yellow, and plants died.The weather changed suddenly from burning dry and hot to stinging cold with wind that shook everything; trees, plants, tents,men and women. The wind increased day after day and night after night. Hud's people started to flee. They ran to their tents to hide but the gale became stronger, ripping their tents from their stakes. They hid under cloth covers but the gale became stronger and still and tore away the covers. It slashed clothing and skin. It penetrated the apertures of the body and destroyed it. It hardly touched anything before it was destroyed or killed, its core sucked out to decompose and rot. The storm raged for 8 days and 7 nights.

5. Did all the people of Ad destroyed ?
                No, Only Hud (AS) and his followers remained unharmed. They migrated to Hadramaut and lived there in peace, worshipping Allah SWT, their true Lord.

Story of Prophet Nuh (AS)

Story of Prophet Nuh (AS)

 1.How Idol worship started at first ?

There were righteous people who lived in the period between Adam(AS)  and Nuh (AS)  and who had followers who held them as models. After their deaths, statues of them were erected to keep their memories alive. After sometime, however, people began to worship these statues. Later generations did not even know why they had been erected; they only knew their parents had prayed to them. They continued following that.

2. How long Nuh (AS) was preaching to his people to believe in the Oneness of Allah SWT ?

            950 years

3. Why did Nuh (AS) pray to Allah SWT for his people destruction ?

             Nuh (AS)  saw that the number of believers was not increasing, while that of the disbelievers was. He   was sad for his people, but he never reached the point of despair. There came a day when Allah SWT   revealed to Nuh (AS) that no others would believe. Allah  SWT inspired him not to grieve for them at which point, Nuh (AS) prayed that the disbelievers be destroyed.

4. What did Allah SWT command Nuh (AS)  to do? Why? 

              To build an ark, as all the disbelievers would perish in the flood Allah SWT planned to send.

5. What is the sign of  starting  of the flood and the sign for Nuh (AS) to act ?

               When water miraculously gushed forth from the oven at  Nuh (AS)'s house.

6. Who went into the ark with Nuh (AS) ?

               Nuh (AS)  open the ark and summon the believers. He also took with him a pair, male and female, of every type of animal, bird and insect.

7. Did all of Nuh (AS) family enter the ark? Why not?

                 No,  son and wife perished in the flood as they were disbelievers.

Story of Prophet Adam (AS)

Story of Adam (AS)

1. What Allah SWT said to the angels after he created Adam (AS) ?

               Prostrate to Adam(AS). Prostration was to show respect and did not mean that the angels were worshipping Adam. Prostrating in worship is done only for Allah SWT.

2. What Adam (AS) is made out of ?

              Adam(AS) is made out of clay, from the face of the earth and mixed it. He did not take from one particular place, but rather he took white, red, and black clay from different places.

3. Why Adam and Eve Descended ?

                When Allah SWT wanted to create Adam, He said to the angels, "I shall make a vicegerent on the earth." He did not say, "I shall make a vicegerent in Paradise." Adam's descent on earth, then, was not due to degradation but rather it was dignified descent. Allah SWT knew that Adam and Eve  would eat of the tree and descend to earth. He knew that Satan would rape their innocence.That experience was essential for their life on earth; it was a cornerstone of their vicegerent. It was meant to teach Adam, Eve, and their progeny that it was Satan who had caused them to be expelled from Paradise and that the road to Paradise can only be reached by obedience to Allah SWT and enmity to Satan.

4. What are the names of Adam (AS) 1st two sons ? Which son offering/sacrifice was accepted by       Allah SWT ?

         Abel offered his best camel while Cain offered his worst grain. His sacrifice was not accepted by Allah SWT  because of his disobedience to his father and the insincerity in his offering.

5. How many years Adam(AS) in earth ?

950-1000 years (Exact years not known)

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