The Books
Small stories with big hearts — each one a tradition dressed in illustration, ready to be read aloud on your lap.
The Gift That Was Never Mine
A story about the open hand.
Aisha does not like to share — not her toys, not her snacks, not even a smile. Then Mama shows her the secret of the open hand, through Ramadan goodie bags, a red truck, a warm bowl of soup, and one unforgettable Eid morning.
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."
— Sahih al-Bukhari
The Happiest Fall
A story about saying thank you with your whole body.
When Yasir wins the masjid's Quran competition, his joy is huge and golden and glowing — with nowhere to go. Then Baba shows him a beautiful, almost forgotten Sunnah: Sajdah Shukur, the thank-you prostration. From morning du'as to the family Thank-You Jar to a true story of a companion who fell down happy, Yasir learns where every big feeling belongs — and how to be counted among the grateful few.
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ
"And few of My servants are grateful."
— Surah Saba (34:13)
Race the Night
A story about the sweetest hour in the dark.
In Layla's house, the middle of the night hides a secret race. A special dessert waits under a cloth — for whoever wakes. The winner calls the adhan and wins the famous cup of cold water. But somewhere between losing, winning, and one quiet night when no alarm rings at all, Layla discovers the real prize: the hour when the King Himself leans close and asks who is calling — and a du'a flies like an arrow that does not miss.
وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ
"And rise at the last part of the night, offering additional prayers, so your Lord may raise you to a station of praise and glory."
— Surah Al-Isra (17:79)
The Gift in the Hallway
A story about the longest day and the strongest girl.
On the longest day of the year, six-year-old Saffiyah wakes to find her hallway transformed into a road of gifts — a sticker, crayons, a storybook, a plush toy, and at the very end, a shining bicycle. Each prize belongs to whoever fasts a little longer. Between suhoor and sunset, Saffiyah discovers the biggest secret of our faith: the longer you hold on, the greater the reward — and some prizes ride inside you forever.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
"Indeed, with hardship comes ease. Indeed, with hardship comes ease."
— Surah Ash-Sharh (94:5–6)
The Compass in My Pocket
A story about the words that walk with you.
Noor is afraid of the dark behind the door — until Mama gives her something better than a secret shield: a compass made of words. Bismillah before every beginning. Alhamdulillah on the good days and the broken ones. Allahu Akbar for the moments too big for a small chest. And a thank-you that is really a gift. Word by word, a frightened little girl becomes the bravest kind of traveler — the kind who knows Who is in charge of the dark.
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ
“And when your Lord proclaimed: ‘If you are grateful, I will surely increase you.’”
— Surah Ibrahim (14:7)
The Letters That Waited
A story about the bravest student in the room.
Amina is seven, and the Arabic letters will not sit still. Everyone in her class can read except her — until Inah confesses a secret she has carried her whole life: she cannot read the Quran either. So a little girl and a grandmother walk into a room with forty grown women and no small chairs, and start at the very first letter. Based on a true story of trembling fingers, hot cheeks, and the hadith that changes everything for anyone who ever thought it was too late.
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
“Indeed, it is We who sent down the Quran, and indeed, We will be its guardian.”
— Surah Al-Hijr (15:9)
The Masjid With My Name On It
A story about the gift that never stops.
Tariq has walked past the photograph in Inah's hallway a thousand times. Then one day he reads the sign above the door of the little white masjid: his own name. Inah built it in a village across the ocean when he was three days old — because every other gift she could think of would one day break, be spent, or be outgrown. Based on a true story of three open doors, a river of light, and the day a nine-year-old boy stood at the front and led the prayer.
مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلَهُ
“Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house like it in Paradise.”
— Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
Thirteen Ways to Say I Love You
A story about the girl who met the whole world.
In 1968, a five-year-old girl from a small Filipino town stood in Makkah and saw something she had no words for: a sea of people of every colour, speaking every language, turning together in one enormous circle. She could not explain it. But a seed was planted. Fifty years later, her family speaks thirteen languages and spans nearly every corner of the earth. Based on a true story — and the little girl is the one who wrote this book.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا
“O mankind, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes — so that you may come to know one another.”
— Surah Al-Hujurat (49:13)
The Key in My Hand
A story about what to do when someone hurts you.
On Thursday, in front of everybody, Musa's best friend said his secret out loud — and laughed. Musa walks home with a hundred sharp words lined up behind his teeth. Then his mother tells him something astonishing: tonight, because he was wronged, Allah has placed a key in his hand — a prayer that will not be refused. It opens either door. And what Musa chooses to do with it is the bravest thing in this book. Until the last page — when he finds out what his mother did with hers.
ثَلَاثُ دَعَوَاتٍ مُسْتَجَابَاتٌ لَا شَكَّ فِيهِنَّ: دَعْوَةُ الْمَظْلُومِ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْمُسَافِرِ، وَدَعْوَةُ الْوَالِدِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ
“Three supplications are answered — there is no doubt about them: the supplication of the one who has been wronged, the supplication of the traveller, and the supplication of the parent for his child.”
— Sunan At-Tirmidhi
The First Word You Ever Heard
A story about the night a baby came.
Tonight the baby is coming — not at the hospital, but here, in the warm little room at the end of the hallway. Eight-year-old Zahra cannot sleep. What she finds behind that door is not machines and beeping, but lamplight, warm water, and the Quran playing low. Then her sister arrives, and her father leans down to a one-minute-old ear and gives her the name of Allah before he gives her anything else. Based on a true story — and it happened to you, too.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
“Verily, with hardship comes ease.”
— Surah Ash-Sharh (94:6)
The Man on the Train
A story about the morning trust became real.
Sumayya's school has no walls — it has countries. Syria, where she learns Arabic from shopkeepers and grandmothers. Turkey, where her shoulders go back and her Islam catches fire. Britain, where her family's voices go quiet all by themselves. And then a grey dawn train in Wales, a drunk man cursing, six frightened children — and a mother who does not panic, but asks them a question instead. Based on a true story.
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ
“Say: travel through the land and observe how He began creation.”
— Surah Al-Ankabut (29:20)
The Strongest Grandmother in the World
A story about the body Allah lent you.
Yahya is eight, and he is certain he is the fastest in the family — until his sixty-three-year-old grandmother beats him to the lemon tree without breathing hard. Then she shows him her medicine cabinet, and it is completely empty. What follows is a borrowed bike, a golden potion that smells like a war, a river inside you with no pump, and the one small decision that changes a whole life. Based on a true story.
فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ
“In it is healing for the people.”
— Surah An-Nahl (16:69)
Thirty Minutes Before Closing
A story about the door Allah opens.
Adam's family makes the best falafel in the city. Then a letter arrives: the building is being sold, and unless they can find an impossible sum, the restaurant closes forever. Every door shuts — except the one his parents promised each other they would never walk through. So they choose to lose everything instead. And then, thirty minutes before closing, on the very last evening, the door opens. Based on a true story.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
“And whoever fears Allah — He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he does not expect.”
— Surah At-Talaq (65:2–3)
Don't Call Me — Call Him
A story about what a child earns, and what a mother cannot send.
Idris is fifteen, and he wants to go to a seminar in London more than he has ever wanted anything. In his family you do not get given things — you get given doors. So his mother sets him a mountain: memorise Surah Yusuf, all one hundred and eleven ayat, in two weeks. What she never told him is that she did not know if he could. Based on a true story of a boy, a boarding pass, and the words a mother says at every gate.
إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ اللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ
“If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; but if He forsakes you, who is there that can help you after Him? So in Allah let the believers put their trust.”
— Surah Aal 'Imran (3:160)
The Boss of My Own Eyes
A story about the half-second that belongs to you.
Zayd is eight, and a bright screen at the end of a shop aisle grabs his eyes and will not let go. That night his father asks him a question nobody had ever asked him: who is the boss of your eyes? What follows is the mercy hidden in one tiny Arabic word, a doorway, a burglar, a growing plant — and one ordinary Tuesday in an empty aisle when Zayd turns his head, and nobody on this earth sees it except the One who specialises in exactly that.
قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا۟ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ
“Tell the believing men to lower from their gaze…”
— Surah An-Nur (24:30)
The Song I Never Chose
A story about what comes out when you are not looking.
Sulayman is nine, sitting on the kitchen floor tying a shoelace and humming — and when his little sister asks what the song is, he cannot answer. He never chose it. It climbed in. What follows is a spilled glass of juice, one honest test, a night in the dark when a song beats a surah to the door, and a running tap that changes everything. Based on a true story. It began with a boy humming.
مَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِّن قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ
“Allah has not made for a man two hearts inside him.”
— Surah Al-Ahzab (33:4)
The Door That Did Not Close
A story about how to decide when you do not know.
Khadija is nine, and on Tuesday she gets the letter: she has been chosen for the team. Then she reads the last line — training is every Thursday. And Thursday is her halaqa. Everyone who loves her is certain, and every one of them says something different. What follows is the loudest room in the house, one honest question, two rakats, no dream at all — and the quiet, slow, unmistakable thing that comes instead. Based on a true story.
وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
“Perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. Allah knows, and you do not know.”
— Surah Al-Baqarah (2:216)
The Garden in My Chest
A story about a boy, a city, and the Book he was learning by heart.
Tariq is eight, and he does not wake up to an alarm clock — he wakes to the adhan from the Masjid of the Prophet ﷺ. Every day he plants a new page of the Quran and waters six hundred old ones. But the new page is not the hard part. This is a story about a garden in a boy's chest, a mother who knew that food was part of the hifdh, a horse at four o'clock, ten days in Egypt — and the evening on a balcony in Cairo when Tariq said four words his father had been quietly hoping for.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
“And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there any who will be reminded?”
— Surah Al-Qamar (54:17)
The Belt Nobody Sees
A story about the words that don't need saying.
Yusuf is four, named after the most beautiful of the prophets — but his mother tells him that is not why. He has four jujitsu belts on his wall, a baby brother called Musa who destroys his Lego, and a great-grandfather on a porch in Florida who has never opened a Quran. When Yusuf asks the biggest question a child can ask in his pyjamas — why don't we just tell him? — he learns that some belts are earned in nine hundred repetitions, and some are never seen by anybody at all.
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ
“Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching.”
— Surah An-Nahl (16:125)
The Rope Tied to His Name
A story about the family you cannot see.
Ibrahim is three, and he lives in Switzerland where the mountains look like Allah drew them and pressed down hard. He has Lego machines, books and a trampoline from his Inah, a baby sister called Asiya, and one irreplaceable green grasshopper. Two or three times a year his family flies to Turkey, where Dadi cries before they are through the airport doors and Dada holds out one enormous hand, palm up. This is a story about what a grown man does in front of a three-year-old — and about a rope with one end tied to the Name of Allah.
وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ
“And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another — and the wombs (the ties of kinship).”
— Surah An-Nisa (4:1)
The Girl Who Was Never Taught
A story about what children learn when nobody is teaching.
Aisha is one and a half. She cannot read, cannot count past two, and has about eleven words — four of which are "no". But she has heard Surah Al-Fatiha seventeen times a day, every day, since the day she was born. Nobody has ever taught her a single thing about salah. And then, on an ordinary Tuesday, she puts down a plastic elephant, hauls herself onto her feet, and stands behind her mother with her hands beside her ears. This is a story about the chain a prophet prayed for — and about the terrifying, wonderful truth that somebody very small is watching everything.
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
“My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.”
— Surah Ibrahim (14:40)
The Crane That Folded in Half
A story about what bends on a journey — and what never does.
Kenzo-ojisan found Islam the long way round — the longest journey he ever made, and he made it without moving his feet. Now he is taking his wife, Khala Noura, across the world to meet his family in Japan, where the mountains look like Allah's best painting and half the menu hides pork and wine. Between a folded prayer, a fence made of love, and a grandmother who learns one Arabic word at eighty, Noura discovers the secret of every journey: some things Allah lets you fold — and some things are the mountain.
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ
“Say: travel through the land and observe how He began creation.”
— Surah Al-Ankabut (29:20)
The White Days
A story about a bright moon, an empty tummy, and a very happy uncle.
Yusra notices everything — and one bright afternoon she notices her uncle, ChaCha Salman, humming in the kitchen at lunchtime and not eating a bite. Baba lifts her to the window and shows her the secret of the White Days — three special nights each month when the moon glows big and round and white, and Muslims fast the way the Prophet ﷺ loved. A little girl, a warm-eyed uncle, a bowl of dates, and the most beautiful reward of all: feeding a fasting person and gathering the love of Allah, one tray at a time.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ
“O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you…”
— Surah Al-Baqarah (2:183)
The Two Kinds of Clean
A story about the clean you can see — and the clean you can't.
When Doctor Q visits the children's class with her jingly bag, she teaches them a secret worth keeping for life. From wudu at the busy little taps, to the miswak of the Prophet ﷺ, to fresh clothes and tidy rooms — and then, most beautifully, to the clean nobody can see: a heart that forgives quickly, speaks kindly, and whispers alhamdulillah. Because cleanliness, the Prophet ﷺ said, is half of faith.
الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الْإِيمَانِ
“Cleanliness is half of faith.”
— Sahih Muslim 223
The Blessing You Cannot See
A story about a careful grandfather, a dropped date, and where Allah hides His gifts.
Jiddoh Ziad arrives with just one small suitcase — and a whole week of quiet lessons. His grandchildren Salma and Bilal watch him take only half a cup of water, rescue a dropped date from Shaytan, lick his fingers clean, and eat from the edges of the plate. Bit by bit they discover his secret: everything is a gift from Allah, and being careful with the smallest things is a way of saying thank you. A gentle story about waste, gratitude, and the blessing hidden in every corner.
وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا
“And eat and drink, but waste not by excess.”
— Surah Al-A'raf (7:31)
The Secret of the Small Plate
A story about a wise great-grandfather, a birthday feast, and the three parts of your tummy.
Musa flies all the way to the Philippines to visit his Inah — and meets Paps, his tiny, twinkly-eyed great-grandfather. At the middle of a huge birthday feast, Musa notices something strange: Paps takes only a small plate. Then Paps shares his secret — the Prophet's ﷺ wise way to eat, one part food, one part water, and one part left empty for breath. A gentle story about moderation, gratitude, and why the wisest people need the least.
فَثُلُثٌ لِطَعَامِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِشَرَابِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفَسِهِ
“…a third for his food, a third for his drink, and a third for his breath.”
— Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2380
The Road That Leads to Jannah
A story about a wonderful aunt, a journey across Tunisia, and how every step toward learning brings you closer to Paradise.
When Lina, Adam and their cousins travel all the way to Tunisia, their warm and joyful Khalto Khouloud takes them on a journey — to the giant ancient amphitheatre of El Djem, the blue-and-white hilltop town of Sidi Bou Said, and finally to the golden old city of Kairouan, one of the oldest places of learning in the world. There she shares the Prophet's ﷺ most beautiful promise: whoever travels a path seeking knowledge, Allah makes easy for them the path to Paradise. A joyful story about curiosity, travel, and why every question is a step toward Jannah.
مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ
“Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.”
— Sahih Muslim 2699
The Blanket of Light
A story about the bedtime sunnah of the three Quls, and falling asleep safe in the care of Allah.
When the light goes out, Malik does not like the dark — the shadows look big and the branch taps at the window. Then Mama shares the Prophet's ﷺ beautiful bedtime sunnah: pat the bed, cup your hands, recite the three little Quls, blow and wipe a soft blanket of light over yourself three times, and sleep on your right side toward the Kaaba. Bit by bit, a frightened little boy learns to fall asleep wrapped in the words of Allah — safe, cosy, and unafraid. A soothing bedtime story every family will want to read at night.
كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا
“Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to bed, he would cup his hands together and blow into them…”
— Sahih al-Bukhari 5017