Islamic stories, timeless lessons, told warmly for children and adults alike.https://qasastrail.com/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/a-chosen-family-and-the-year-of-the-elephant/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/a-chosen-family-and-the-year-of-the-elephant/The Prophet's noble family line and the grandfathers who prepared the way (Qusayy, Hashim, and Abd al-Muttalib), the rediscovery of Zamzam, and the miracle of the Year of the Elephant.seerahgenealogyqusayyhashimabd-al-muttalibzamzamyear-of-the-elephantabrahahttps://qasastrail.com/seerah/a-world-waiting-for-light/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/a-world-waiting-for-light/The religious state of the world before Islam: how idol worship crept into Makkah, the mixed-up beliefs, the truth-seekers (the hunafa), how other faiths had drifted, and a world waiting for dawn.seerahpre-islamic-arabiaidolatryhunafazayd-ibn-amrsalman-al-farsihttps://qasastrail.com/seerah/the-beautiful-face-and-the-kindest-heart/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/the-beautiful-face-and-the-kindest-heart/What the Prophet ﷺ looked like and how kind he was: the descriptions of the companions, his simple humble life, his gentle manners, his bravery and humour, and his deep love for his ummah.seerahprophet-muhammadappearancecharactermannerslove-for-ummahhttps://qasastrail.com/seerah/the-most-special-person-who-ever-lived/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/the-most-special-person-who-ever-lived/Why is the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ so special? We'll take a look at his beautiful names, why he is the most praised person ever, the Day of Judgement, and the unique gifts Allah gave him.seerahprophet-muhammadnamesday-of-judgementspecialitiesal-wasilahhttps://qasastrail.com/seerah/the-night-a-light-was-born/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/the-night-a-light-was-born/Why Allah chose Arabia, the marriage of Abdullah and Amina, and the birth of the Prophet ﷺ in the Year of the Elephant: the light that reached Syria, and the naming of Muhammad.seerahwhy-arabiaabdullahaminabirth-of-the-prophetnamingabu-lahabhttps://qasastrail.com/seerah/why-we-tell-this-story-and-the-world-before-it/https://qasastrail.com/seerah/why-we-tell-this-story-and-the-world-before-it/What the word Seerah means, why we learn the Prophet's story, how we know it, and the world of old Arabia: the lost Arabs, the branches of Qahtan and Adnan, and the line of Ibrahim and Ismail.seerahwhy-study-seerahpre-islamic-arabiaarab-lineageismailibrahimhttps://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/a-wise-fathers-greatest-advice/https://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/a-wise-fathers-greatest-advice/Allah tells us about a wise man named Luqman, and all the loving advice he gave his son: worship Allah alone, remember that Allah sees even a hidden speck, keep the prayer, stand for good with patience, and move through the world with a humble, gentle heart.quranbig-pictureluqmanwisdomtawhidhumilityhttps://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/the-quran-the-big-picture/https://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/the-quran-the-big-picture/Before we open the Qur'an page by page, let us stand back and see the whole beautiful shape of it: what the Qur'an is, why it is not like any other book, and the few big ideas it comes back to again and again.quranbig-picturethemesguidancetawhidrevelationhttps://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/the-real-meaning-of-goodness/https://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/the-real-meaning-of-goodness/What does it really mean to be a good person? In one long, beautiful verse of Surah Al-Baqarah, Allah paints the full picture of goodness, and it turns out to be so much bigger than we might have guessed.quranbig-picturesurah-al-baqarahgoodnesscharitykeeping-promiseshttps://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/the-secret-of-time/https://qasastrail.com/quran-the-big-picture/the-secret-of-time/One of the shortest surahs in the Qur'an holds one of its biggest secrets. It swears by time itself, proves that we are all losing, turns upside down everything we thought about success, and then hands us four lifelines to safety.quranbig-picturesurah-al-asrtimesuccesscommunity