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Module 04

Stories from the Quran

Twelve stories about people who were not prophets. A king, a queen, a rich man, a servant, a boy, a worshipper who fell. Tap one to read it, brief or complete.

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The Quran does not only tell you about prophets. It stops, more than once, to tell you about ordinary people, and it says plainly why:

نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَٰهُمْ هُدًۭى

Nahnu naqussu 'alayka naba'ahum bil-haqq. Innahum fityatun amanu bi-Rabbihim wa zidnahum huda.

"We relate to you their story in truth. They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance."

Quran 18:13

Nobody in this module received revelation. They were young men who walked out of a city, a king with more power than he needed, two brothers who tried to cheat the poor out of one harvest, a woman married to the worst man alive. That is the point. These are people in the same situations you are in, and the Quran preserved what they chose.

Each story comes in two sizes, the same as the prophets: a brief you can read over coffee, and the complete account chapter by chapter.

Where each story comes from. Ten of the twelve are in the Quran itself, and the reference sits at the bottom of every page. Two are not. Those two carry a note at the top of the story saying exactly where the report comes from and how strong it is, so you always know what you are reading before you read it. They are marked below too.
1 The People of the Caveأصحاب الكهف Young men who walked out on a whole city 2 Dhul-Qarnaynذو القرنين A king who reached the ends of the earth and stayed humble 3 The Man with Two Gardensصاحب الجنتين The richest man in the story, and the poorest 4 Musa and Al-Khidrموسى والخضر The prophet who was sent to learn 5 Qarunقارون The richest man of his people, and what the earth did with him 6 Luqman the Wiseلقمان الحكيم Not a prophet. A father, given wisdom, with a surah in his name 7 The Boy and the Kingأصحاب الأخدود The People of the Ditch, and a boy who wanted the message to win 8 The People of the Gardenأصحاب الجنة Brothers who planned around the poor, and woke up to ash 9 Saba (Sheba)سبأ A queen who chose well, and a nation that did not 10 Asiya, wife of Pharaohآسية امرأة فرعون The most protected woman in Egypt, asking for a smaller house 11 The Hairdresser of Pharaoh's Houseماشطة بنت فرعون A servant, her children, and the smell the Prophet ﷺ noticed sourcing note 12 Barsisaبرصيصا The worshipper who lost everything one small step at a time sourcing note

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