# Ilm of Islam

> Free Qur'an reading lessons for kids, parents and new Muslims: Noorani Qaida style lessons with audio and English pronunciation, duas, a namaz guide and live classes.

Ilm of Islam is free for learners and parents. Every Arabic letter and word has its pronunciation written in English and plays its sound when tapped. Qur'an text is never typed by hand: it is imported from the official files of the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, Madinah (https://qurancomplex.gov.sa), with recitation by Muhammad Ayyub. Duas from the Sunnah list their hadith source. Lessons follow the order of the well-known Qaidas (Noorani Qaida, Madani Qaida, Ahsanul Qawaid, Iqra, Yassarnal Qur'an).

## Courses

- [All courses](https://isssfa.com/courses/): free step-by-step courses, filtered by subject, learner and level; each can also be taken with a teacher.
- [Qaida: learn to read the Qur'an](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/): From the Arabic letters to reading Surah Al-Faatiḥah, step by step, with audio for every letter and word.
- [Nazrah: fluent reading](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/nazrah/): Read whole surahs ayah by ayah with recitation, from the short surahs of Juz 'Amma to longer ones.
- [Tajweed: recite beautifully](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/tajweed/): From where each letter is pronounced (makhaarij) to the rules of noon and meem, madd and stopping (waqf).
- [Hifz: memorise Juz 'Amma](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/hifz/): Al-Faatiḥah, then Juz 'Amma from An-Naas backwards: listen, hide words, recite from memory and review.
- [Qur'an meaning: word by word](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/meaning/): Understand the surahs you recite, word by word, starting with Al-Faatiḥah and Juz 'Amma.
- [Qur'anic Arabic](https://isssfa.com/courses/arabic/quranic-arabic/): Learn the words and roots that come most often in the Qur'an, starting with the words of the prayer.
- [Arabic for kids](https://isssfa.com/courses/arabic/arabic-for-kids/): Read, write and speak simple Arabic through everyday words, pictures and games.
- [Aqeedah: what we believe](https://isssfa.com/courses/islamic-studies/aqeedah/): The six pillars of iman explained simply: Allah, the angels, the books, the messengers, the Last Day and qadr.
- [Fiqh of worship](https://isssfa.com/courses/islamic-studies/fiqh/): How to purify yourself, pray and fast correctly: taharah, salah and sawm.
- [Prophets and Seerah](https://isssfa.com/courses/islamic-studies/prophets/): Thirty short stories of the prophets, from Adam (AS) to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, with questions and activities.
- [40 Hadith](https://isssfa.com/courses/islamic-studies/40-hadith/): Short, authentic hadith for everyday life, with their meaning and lessons.
- [Akhlaq and adab](https://isssfa.com/courses/islamic-studies/akhlaq/): Good manners and character from the Qur'an and Sunnah: honesty, kindness, respect for parents and more.
- [Namaz: how to pray](https://isssfa.com/courses/daily-life/namaz/): Wudu, the five daily prayers and their rak'ahs, how to pray step by step, and the remembrance after prayer.
- [Duas and adhkar](https://isssfa.com/courses/daily-life/duas/): Authentic duas for every part of the day, the Kalimahs, and the duas of the prophets, with meaning and source.
- [Ramadan and the Islamic year](https://isssfa.com/courses/daily-life/ramadan/): Ramadan, the two Eids, Hajj and the months of the Islamic calendar: what happens and what to do.
- [Search](https://isssfa.com/search/): find any surah, dua, lesson, story or letter.

## Qur'an reading course

- [All lessons](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/): 8 levels from the Arabic alphabet to reading Surah Al-Faatiḥah, with progress tracking.
- [The Arabic alphabet](https://isssfa.com/library/letters/): the 28 letters with sounds, shapes and tracing.

### Level 1: The letters

Meet all the Arabic letters: their names, shapes and sounds.

- [Welcome: how Arabic is written](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/welcome/): Before the first letter: which way to read, how many letters there are, and how this course works.
- [Letters 1: Alif to Khaa](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/letters-alif-to-khaa/): Learn the names, shapes and sounds of Alif to Khaa.
- [Letters 2: Daal to Ṣaad](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/letters-daal-to-saad/): Learn the names, shapes and sounds of Daal to Ṣaad.
- [Letters 3: Ḍaad to Qaaf](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/letters-daad-to-qaaf/): Learn the names, shapes and sounds of Ḍaad to Qaaf.
- [Letters 4: Kaaf to Yaa (and Hamzah)](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/letters-kaaf-to-yaa/): Learn the names, shapes and sounds of Kaaf to Yaa, and Hamzah.
- [All 29 letters together](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/all-the-letters/): Read the whole Arabic alphabet in order, all 29 letters from Alif to Yaa and Hamzah, with each name in English.
- [Letters that look alike](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/look-alike-letters/): Many letters share a shape and differ only by their dots. Learn to spot the difference.
- [Where sounds come from (Makhaarij)](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/the-letters/sounds-and-heavy-letters/): Arabic letters are made in different places: the throat, the tongue, the lips and the nose. Knowing where helps you say them clearly.

### Level 2: Joining letters

How letters change shape and join to make words.

- [How letters join: the four shapes](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/joining-letters/letter-shapes/): Most letters have four shapes: alone, at the start, in the middle and at the end of a word.
- [Reading joined letters](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/joining-letters/joined-letters/): Spell out two and three joined letters by their names, the way a Qaida teacher does.
- [Special shapes: Laam-Alif, Haa, Kaaf, Yaa and Taa Marbootah](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/joining-letters/tricky-shapes/): A few letters change shape a lot when they join. Learn them here so they never surprise you.
- [Huroof Muqatta'aat: letters read by their names](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/joining-letters/disjointed-letters/): Some surahs begin with letters that are read one by one, by their names. You already know all of them.

### Level 3: Short vowels (Harakaat)

Fatḥah, Kasrah and Ḍammah: the three short vowels that bring letters to life.

- [Fatḥah: the 'a' sound](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/short-vowels/fatha/): A small slanted line above a letter gives it a short 'a' sound: بَ ba, تَ ta.
- [Kasrah: the 'i' sound](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/short-vowels/kasrah/): A small slanted line below a letter gives it a short 'i' sound: بِ bi, تِ ti.
- [Ḍammah: the 'u' sound](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/short-vowels/dammah/): A small curl like a tiny Waaw above a letter gives it a short 'u' sound: بُ bu, تُ tu.
- [Practice: the three short vowels together](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/short-vowels/short-vowels-practice/): Read words that mix Fatḥah, Kasrah and Ḍammah. Go slowly and read every mark.

### Level 4: Tanween

Double vowel marks that add a soft 'n': an, in, un.

- [Tanween: an, in, un](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tanween/tanween/): Two vowel marks together add a soft 'n' sound at the end of a word: بًا ban, بٍ bin, بٌ bun.

### Level 5: Long vowels

Standing vowels, the Madd letters and the soft Leen letters.

- [Small long vowels: aa, ee, oo](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/long-vowels/standing-vowels/): Some long vowels are written with a small or upright mark above or after a letter. Read them long: 'aa', 'ee', 'oo'.
- [Long vowels: the Madd letters ا و ي](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/long-vowels/madd-letters/): Alif, Waaw and Yaa stretch the vowel before them: بَا baa, بُوْ boo, بِيْ bee.
- [Reading words with long vowels](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/long-vowels/madd-words/): Put the Madd letters to work: read whole words with long and short vowels.
- [Soft sounds: the Leen letters aw and ay](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/long-vowels/leen-letters/): Waaw or Yaa with a sukoon after a Fatḥah make a soft, gliding sound: بَوْ 'baw', بَيْ 'bay'.

### Level 6: Sukoon and Shaddah

Resting letters, bouncing letters, doubled letters and the humming Ghunnah.

- [Sukoon: the resting letter](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/sukoon-and-shaddah/sukoon/): A small sign above a letter (sukoon) means the letter has no vowel. Join it to the letter before it: أَبْ ab, مِنْ min.
- [Qalqalah: the bouncing letters](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/sukoon-and-shaddah/qalqalah/): Five letters (ق ط ب ج د) bounce slightly when they have a sukoon.
- [Shaddah: the doubled letter](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/sukoon-and-shaddah/shaddah/): A small 'w'-shaped mark (shaddah) means the letter is said twice: once resting, once with its vowel. رَبَّ rab-ba.
- [Ghunnah: the humming Noon and Meem](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/sukoon-and-shaddah/ghunnah/): Noon and Meem with a shaddah are said with a humming sound through the nose, held for two counts.

### Level 7: Tajweed basics

The first rules of beautiful recitation: 'al', joining words, Madd, Noon and Meem rules, heavy letters and stopping.

- ['Al' (the): sun and moon letters](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/sun-and-moon-letters/): Arabic 'the' is الْ. Before some letters its Laam is said; before others it disappears into the next letter.
- [Joining words and silent letters](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/joining-words-and-silent-letters/): Some letters are written but not read: the Alif of 'al' in the middle of a sentence, the Alif after 'oo' at the end of a verb, and a few others.
- [Longer stretches: the Madd sign](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/madd-signs/): A wavy line above a Madd letter (ـٓ) tells you to stretch it longer than two counts.
- [Noon Saakin and Tanween: four rules](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/noon-saakin-and-tanween/): A Noon with sukoon (نْ) or a Tanween is read in four different ways depending on the next letter.
- [Meem Saakin: three rules](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/meem-saakin/): A Meem with sukoon (مْ) is read in three ways depending on the next letter.
- [Heavy and light: Raa and the Laam of Allah](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/heavy-and-light/): The seven heavy letters are always full. Raa and the Laam in 'Allah' change between heavy and light.
- [Stopping (Waqf) and the stop signs](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/tajweed-basics/stopping/): How to stop at the end of a verse or a word, and what the small signs in the Qur'an mean.

### Level 8: Your first surahs

Put everything together and read real surahs from the Qur'an.

- [Surah Al-Faatiḥah](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/first-surahs/al-fatihah/): Read the Opening of the Qur'an, which every Muslim recites in every rak'ah of every prayer.
- [The last three surahs: Al-Ikhlaaṣ, Al-Falaq, An-Naas](https://isssfa.com/courses/quran/qaida/first-surahs/last-three-surahs/): Three short surahs, often learned first and recited for protection every morning and evening.

## Duas

- [All duas](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/): Arabic, English pronunciation, meaning and source for each.

### Daily duas

[Daily duas](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/category/daily/): Short duas from the Sunnah for the things we do every day: eating, sleeping, leaving home and more.

- [Before eating](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/before-eating/): Before you start eating or drinking.
- [If you forgot to say Bismillah](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/forgot-bismillah/): When you remember in the middle of eating.
- [After eating](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/after-eating/): When you finish eating.
- [Before sleeping](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/before-sleeping/): When you lie down to sleep.
- [When waking up](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/waking-up/): As soon as you wake up.
- [Entering the toilet](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/entering-toilet/): Before you go in (step in with the left foot).
- [Leaving the toilet](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/leaving-toilet/): After you come out (step out with the right foot).
- [Leaving home](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/leaving-home/): When you step out of the house.
- [Entering home](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/entering-home/): When you come home: say salaam to the people inside.
- [Greeting someone](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/greeting/): When you meet a Muslim.
- [Entering the masjid](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/entering-masjid/): Step in with the right foot.
- [Leaving the masjid](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/leaving-masjid/): Step out with the left foot.
- [After wudu](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/after-wudu/): When you finish making wudu.
- [When you sneeze](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/sneezing/): After a sneeze.
- [Wearing new clothes](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/new-clothes/): When you put on something new.
- [Protection, morning and evening](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/morning-evening-protection/): Three times in the morning and three times in the evening.
- [Breaking the fast](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/breaking-fast/): After you break your fast (iftar).
- [When it rains](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/rain/): When you see rain falling.
- [Visiting someone who is ill](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/visiting-the-sick/): Say it to the person you visit.
- [Thanking someone](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/thanking-someone/): When someone does something good for you.
- [After the adhan](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/after-adhan/): After answering the call to prayer.
- [After the prayer](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/after-salah/): Straight after the salaam at the end of a fard prayer.
- [When you are angry](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/anger/): When you feel anger rising.
- [When the wind blows hard](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/strong-wind/): When a strong wind blows.
- [After it rains](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/after-rain/): When the rain has fallen.
- [Seeing the new moon](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/new-moon/): When you see the new moon at the start of a month.
- [At the end of a gathering](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/end-of-gathering/): Before getting up from a gathering or a class.
- [Arriving at a new place](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/stopping-at-a-place/): When you stop somewhere new: a house, a hotel or a camp.
- [Protection for children](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/protecting-children/): When putting children to bed, or any time you want to protect them.
- [When something hurts](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/when-in-pain/): When you have pain somewhere in your body.
- [Seeing someone in difficulty](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/seeing-someone-in-difficulty/): When you see someone going through an illness or a trial.
- [When something good happens](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/good-news/): When you get good news or something you love happens.
- [Visiting the graves](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/visiting-graves/): When you visit a graveyard.
- [Congratulating someone on their marriage](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/congratulating-a-marriage/): When someone gets married.
- [When something bad happens](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/calamity/): At a loss, bad news or any hardship.
- [Coming back from a journey](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/returning-from-a-journey/): When you return home from a journey.
- [For good character](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/looking-in-the-mirror/): Any time. Many people say it when they look in a mirror, but the hadith does not mention a mirror.
- [When bad thoughts come](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/evil-whispers/): When Shayṭaan puts doubts or bad thoughts in your mind.
- [When there is too much rain](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/too-much-rain/): When heavy rain starts to cause harm.
- [When slaughtering an animal (Qurbani)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/qurbani/): At the moment of slaughter.

### The Six Kalimahs and Eemaan

[The Six Kalimahs and Eemaan](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/category/kalimahs/): The Kalimahs and the statements of faith that children learn by heart in the Qaida years.

- [First Kalimah: Ṭayyib (the pure word)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/first-kalimah/): Learned first; the declaration of faith.
- [Second Kalimah: Shahaadah (bearing witness)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/second-kalimah/): Any time; it is also said after wudu.
- [Third Kalimah: Tamjeed (glorifying Allah)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/third-kalimah/): Any time, as dhikr.
- [Fourth Kalimah: Tawḥeed (the oneness of Allah)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/fourth-kalimah/): Any time, as dhikr.
- [Fifth Kalimah: Istighfaar (asking forgiveness)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/fifth-kalimah/): Any time you want to ask for forgiveness.
- [Sixth Kalimah: Radd al-Kufr (rejecting disbelief)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/sixth-kalimah/): Any time; a promise to stay away from shirk and sin.
- [Eemaan Mujmal (faith in brief)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/iman-mujmal/): Learned with the Kalimahs.
- [Eemaan Mufaṣṣal (faith in detail)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/iman-mufassal/): Learned with the Kalimahs.

### Adhan, Witr and Janaazah

[Adhan, Witr and Janaazah](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/category/salah-and-janazah/): The adhan and its answer, the Qunoot duas of Witr, the funeral prayer and burial.

- [The adhan (call to prayer)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/adhan/): Called before each of the five prayers.
- [Answering the adhan](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/answering-the-adhan/): While you hear the adhan.
- [Du'aa al-Qunoot in Witr (Hanafi)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/qunoot-witr/): In the third rak'ah of Witr, before rukoo', in the Hanafi school.
- [Du'aa al-Qunoot taught to al-Ḥasan](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/qunoot-hasan/): In Witr (and in Fajr in the Shafi'i school).
- [Janaazah prayer: for an adult](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/janazah-adult/): After the third takbeer of the funeral prayer.
- [Janaazah prayer: for a child](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/janazah-child/): After the third takbeer, when the deceased is a child.
- [Placing the deceased in the grave](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/burial/): When laying the body in the grave.
- [The Prophet's ﷺ dua near death](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/near-death/): When death is near; and to remind the dying person.

### Duas of the prophets

[Duas of the prophets](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/category/prophets/): Duas that Allah tells us the prophets made, in their own words, in the Qur'an.

- [Prophet Aadam and Ḥawwaa'](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/adam/): After they ate from the tree, they turned back to Allah.
- [Prophet Nooḥ (Noah)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/nuh-blessed-landing/): When the Ark came to land.
- [Prophet Nooḥ: forgiveness for his family](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/nuh-forgiveness/): For yourself, your parents and all believers.
- [Prophet Ibraaheem and Ismaa'eel](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/ibrahim-accept/): While building the Ka'bah.
- [Prophet Ibraaheem: steadfast in prayer](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/ibrahim-prayer/): For yourself and your children.
- [Prophet Ibraaheem: forgiveness on the Day of Judgement](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/ibrahim-parents/): Often said at the end of the prayer.
- [Prophet Ibraaheem: wisdom and good company](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/ibrahim-wisdom/): 
- [Prophet Ibraaheem: a righteous child](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/ibrahim-righteous-child/): For those who wish for children.
- [Prophet Moosaa (Moses): ease my task](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/musa-ease/): Before he went to speak to Pharaoh. Good before an exam or speech.
- [Prophet Moosaa: in need of good](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/musa-in-need/): Alone and far from home, after helping two women.
- [Prophet Moosaa: for himself and his brother](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/musa-forgive-brother/): 
- [Prophet Yoonus (Jonah)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/yunus/): In the darkness, inside the whale.
- [Prophet Ayyoob (Job)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/ayyub/): After a long illness, with patience.
- [Prophet Zakariyyaa](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/zakariyya-heir/): When he was old and had no child.
- [Prophet Zakariyyaa: good children](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/zakariyya-good-offspring/): 
- [Prophet Sulaymaan (Solomon): thankfulness](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/sulayman/): When he heard the ant speak.
- [Prophet Yoosuf (Joseph)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/yusuf/): When his family was reunited.
- [Prophet Loot (Lot)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/lut/): Asking to be saved from wrongdoing around him.
- [Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/asiyah/): A believing woman in a cruel king's palace.
- [Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: more knowledge](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/muhammad-knowledge/): Allah taught the Prophet ﷺ to say this. Good before studying.
- [Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: forgiveness and mercy](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/muhammad-mercy/): Taught to the Prophet ﷺ at the end of Surah Al-Mu'minun.

### Rabbana duas from the Qur'an

[Rabbana duas from the Qur'an](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/category/quran/): More duas from the Qur'an, many starting with Rabbanaa: 'Our Lord'.

- [Good in this world and the next](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/good-in-both-worlds/): The dua the Prophet ﷺ made most often (Sahih al-Bukhari 6389).
- [For your parents](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/parents/): Allah tells us to say this for our parents.
- [For patience and courage](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/patience/): Said by the believers with Talut before facing Goliath's army.
- [The last dua of Surah Al-Baqarah](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/end-of-al-baqarah/): At night: the last two ayahs of Al-Baqarah are enough for whoever recites them (Sahih al-Bukhari 5009).
- [Keep our hearts steady](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/steady-hearts/): 
- [We believe, so forgive us](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/we-believe-forgive/): 
- [Count us with the witnesses](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/write-us-with-witnesses/): The dua of the disciples of Prophet 'Eesaa (Jesus).
- [Forgive our sins and our excesses](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/forgive-our-excesses/): The dua of the believers who fought with earlier prophets.
- [Let us die with the righteous](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/die-with-the-righteous/): From the end of Surah Aal 'Imran.
- [Patience, and to die as Muslims](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/patience-and-islam/): The dua of Pharaoh's magicians after they believed.
- [Do not make us a trial](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/not-a-trial/): The dua of the people of Prophet Moosaa.
- [Mercy and right guidance](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/cave/): The dua of the young people of the Cave.
- [We believe: forgive us and have mercy](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/forgive-and-have-mercy/): 
- [For a loving family](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/family/): For your husband or wife and your children.
- [For the believers before us](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/brothers-in-faith/): 
- [We trust in You](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/trust/): The dua of Prophet Ibraaheem and those with him.
- [Perfect our light](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/perfect-our-light/): The dua of the believers on the Day of Judgement.
- [When travelling](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/travelling/): Sitting in a car, train, plane or on an animal (Sahih Muslim 1342).

### Other authentic duas

[Other authentic duas](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/category/sunnah/): Duas and words of remembrance the Prophet ﷺ taught, from the authentic hadith collections.

- [The best way to ask forgiveness (Sayyid al-Istighfar)](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/sayyid-al-istighfar/): In the morning and in the evening.
- [Asking forgiveness](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/seeking-forgiveness/): Many times a day: the Prophet ﷺ said it more than seventy times a day.
- [Two phrases heavy on the Scale](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/heavy-on-the-scale/): Any time.
- [For worry and sadness](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/worry-and-sadness/): When you feel anxious, sad or weak.
- [In times of distress](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/in-distress/): When something difficult happens.
- [For useful knowledge and good provision](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/useful-knowledge/): After the Fajr prayer.
- [For guidance, piety and contentment](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/guidance-and-goodness/): Any time.
- [For a firm heart](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/firm-heart/): The Prophet ﷺ said this often.
- [For help in remembering and worshipping Allah](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/help-to-worship/): At the end of every prayer.
- [Pleased with Allah as Lord](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/pleased-with-allah/): Three times in the morning and evening.
- [Asking Allah to pardon you](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/laylat-al-qadr/): Especially in the last ten nights of Ramadan.
- [For provision and debts](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/enough-with-halal/): When you are worried about money or debts.
- [Protection from shirk](https://isssfa.com/library/duas/protection-from-shirk/): Any time; a short dua to keep your faith pure.

## Stories of the Prophets

- [All stories](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/): short stories from the Qur'an and sahih hadith for children aged 5 to 10, with questions and activities.

- [Prophet Adam (AS): The First Human](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/adam-the-first-human/): Long ago, before there were any people, Allah told the angels, "I am going to place a new creation on the earth." Allah made Adam from clay and gave him life.
- [Prophet Nuh (AS): The Great Ark](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/nuh-the-great-ark/): The people of Nuh (AS) had forgotten Allah and worshipped idols they made with their own hands. Allah sent Nuh to remind them. Nuh called them day and night, in public and in private, for 950 years.
- [Prophet Hud (AS): The People of 'Ad](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/hud-the-people-of-ad/): The people of 'Ad were tall and very strong. They built tall towers on high places and grand buildings, as if they would live forever. But they became proud and worshipped idols instead of Allah.
- [Prophet Salih (AS): The She-Camel of Allah](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/salih-the-she-camel-of-allah/): The people of Thamud lived after the people of 'Ad. They were clever builders who carved beautiful houses into the mountains. But they also forgot Allah and worshipped idols.
- [Prophet Ibrahim (AS): Who Made the Stars?](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/ibrahim-who-made-the-stars/): Ibrahim (AS) grew up among people who worshipped statues, stars, the moon and the sun. His own father, Azar, made idols.
- [Prophet Ibrahim (AS): The Idols and the Fire](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/ibrahim-the-idols-and-the-fire/): Ibrahim (AS) asked his people, "What are these statues you keep worshipping?" They said, "Our fathers worshipped them." Ibrahim replied, "Then you and your fathers have been clearly wrong."
- [Hajar and Baby Isma'il: The Well of Zamzam](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/hajar-and-baby-ismail-the-well-of-zamzam/): Allah commanded Prophet Ibrahim (AS) to take his wife Hajar and their baby son Isma'il to a dry valley in Makkah. There were no people, no trees and no water there.
- [Ibrahim and Isma'il (AS): Building the Ka'bah](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/ibrahim-and-ismail-building-the-kabah/): Years passed, and Isma'il grew into a strong young man. One day Prophet Ibrahim (AS) came back to Makkah and found Isma'il sharpening arrows near the well of Zamzam.
- [Prophet Yusuf (AS), Part 1: The Dream and the Well](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/yusuf-1-the-dream-and-the-well/): Yusuf (AS) was a young boy and the son of Prophet Ya'qub (AS). One morning he said, "Father, I saw eleven stars, the sun and the moon bowing down to me in a dream." Ya'qub knew this meant Allah had.
- [Prophet Yusuf (AS), Part 2: The Prison and the King's Dream](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/yusuf-2-the-prison-and-the-kings-dream/): In Egypt, Yusuf (AS) was bought by an important minister called Al-'Aziz, who took him into his home. Yusuf grew up to be handsome, wise and honest.
- [Prophet Yusuf (AS), Part 3: The Brothers Are Forgiven](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/yusuf-3-the-brothers-are-forgiven/): The king of Egypt was amazed by Yusuf's wisdom. He found out that Yusuf had been innocent all along and made him his trusted adviser.
- [Prophet Shu'ayb (AS): Fair Weights and Honest Trading](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/shuayb-fair-weights-and-honest-trading/): The people of Madyan were traders. They bought and sold food, cloth and other goods in the market. But many of them cheated. When they sold things, they gave people a little less than they paid for.
- [Prophet Ayyub (AS): The Most Patient Man](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/ayyub-the-most-patient-man/): Prophet Ayyub (AS) was a good and thankful man. Allah had given him a big family, plenty of animals, land and wealth, and good health. Ayyub thanked Allah for everything and helped the poor.
- [Prophet Musa (AS): The Baby in the River](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/musa-the-baby-in-the-river/): Fir'awn was a cruel king in Egypt who thought he was a god. He was afraid of the Children of Isra'il, so he ordered his soldiers to kill their baby boys.
- [Prophet Musa (AS): The Well at Madyan and the Burning Bush](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/musa-the-well-at-madyan-and-the-burning-bush/): Musa (AS) grew up in Fir'awn's palace and became a strong young man. One day, while he was trying to stop a fight, a man died by accident. Musa was very sorry and asked Allah to forgive him.
- [Prophet Musa (AS): The Staff and the Magicians](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/musa-the-staff-and-the-magicians/): Allah sent Musa (AS) and his brother Harun (AS) to Fir'awn. Allah told them, "Speak to him gently. Perhaps he will remember or fear Allah." Musa asked Fir'awn to worship Allah and to free the Children.
- [Prophet Musa (AS): Crossing the Sea](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/musa-crossing-the-sea/): Allah told Musa (AS), "Leave at night with My servants. You will be followed." So Musa led the Children of Isra'il out of Egypt in the dark.
- [Prophet Musa (AS) and Khidr: Things We Don't Understand](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/musa-and-khidr-things-we-dont-understand/): One day someone asked Musa (AS), "Who is the most knowledgeable person?" Musa said, "I am." Allah taught him a lesson: "There is a servant of Mine, where the two seas meet, who knows more than you.".
- [Prophet Dawud (AS): The Young Hero](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/dawud-the-young-hero/): The Children of Isra'il were being attacked by a powerful enemy led by a giant warrior named Jalut. They asked for a king to lead them, and Allah chose Talut, a man with knowledge and strength.
- [Prophet Sulayman (AS) and the Ant](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/sulayman-and-the-ant/): Prophet Sulayman (AS) was the son of Dawud (AS). Allah gave him a huge kingdom and amazing gifts. He could understand the speech of birds and animals, and his army was made of people, jinn and birds.
- [Prophet Sulayman (AS): The Hoopoe and the Queen of Saba](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/sulayman-the-hoopoe-and-the-queen-of-saba/): One day Prophet Sulayman (AS) checked on his birds and noticed someone missing. "Where is the hoopoe?" he asked. "Unless he has a good reason, I will punish him."
- [Prophet Yunus (AS): Inside the Whale](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/yunus-inside-the-whale/): Allah sent Prophet Yunus (AS) to a large town of more than a hundred thousand people. He called them to worship Allah, but they would not listen.
- [Prophet Zakariyya (AS): A Quiet Dua and Baby Yahya](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/zakariyya-a-quiet-dua-and-baby-yahya/): Prophet Zakariyya (AS) looked after a young girl called Maryam, who spent her days worshipping Allah in a special room in the temple.
- [Maryam (AS): The Miracle Baby 'Isa](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/maryam-the-miracle-baby-isa/): Maryam was the best of women and spent her days worshipping Allah. One day, while she was alone, the angel Jibril came to her looking like a man.
- [Prophet 'Isa (AS): The Miracles](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/isa-the-miracles/): Prophet 'Isa (AS) grew up and Allah sent him to the Children of Isra'il with the Injil (the Gospel). To show that he truly came from Allah, Allah gave him amazing miracles.
- [The People of the Cave](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/the-people-of-the-cave/): Long ago, in a town where people worshipped idols, there lived some young men who believed only in Allah.
- [The Man Who Slept for 100 Years](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/the-man-who-slept-for-100-years/): A man was riding his donkey past a town that had been destroyed long ago. Its houses had fallen down, and nobody lived there.
- [Luqman's Advice to His Son](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/luqmans-advice-to-his-son/): Luqman was a wise man. Allah gave him wisdom, and he was thankful. Allah liked his advice to his son so much that He put it in the Qur'an, in a surah named after him. Here is what Luqman said:
- [The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The Year of the Elephant and Al-Amin](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/muhammad-the-year-of-the-elephant-and-al-amin/): In Makkah, many years after Ibrahim and Isma'il built the Ka'bah, a ruler called Abraha marched towards the city with a huge army and an elephant. He wanted to destroy the Ka'bah.
- [The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The First Revelation in Cave Hira](https://isssfa.com/library/stories/muhammad-the-first-revelation-in-cave-hira/): When Muhammad ﷺ was about forty years old, he loved to be alone to think and worship. He often went to a small cave called Hira, high on a mountain near Makkah, taking food with him and staying for.

## Namaz (prayer) guide

- [Wudu: washing before prayer](https://isssfa.com/library/namaz/wudu/): Wudu is the washing we do before we pray or hold the Qur'an. Learn each step in order.
- [The five daily prayers](https://isssfa.com/library/namaz/five-prayers/): Every Muslim prays five times a day. Here are the names, the times and the number of units (rak'ahs) of each prayer.
- [How to pray, step by step](https://isssfa.com/library/namaz/how-to-pray/): Follow these steps for a prayer of two rak'ahs, with everything you say in each position.
- [After the prayer](https://isssfa.com/library/namaz/after-prayer/): Short words of remembrance the Prophet ﷺ said after every fard prayer.

## Hifz (memorising the Qur'an)

- [Hifz path](https://isssfa.com/hifz/): memorise Al-Faatiḥah and Juz 'Amma ayah by ayah: listen and repeat, hide words step by step, recite from memory while each word is checked (browser speech recognition), and review ayahs on a spaced schedule.

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