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?The Big Question
What does it mean to trust Allah when the water runs out?
Write your first answer now. You will come back to it at the end.
1Put the story in order
Number the parts of the chapter from 1 to 6, in the order they happen.
- Seven Times Between Two Hills
- Father and Son Build the House
- Birds Over the Valley
- A Valley with No Water
- The Keepers of the House
- The Year of the Elephant
2Match the words
Write the letter of the right meaning next to each word.
- Tawakkul تَوَكُّل
- Tawhid تَوْحِيد
- Ka'bah الكَعْبَة
- A The House of Allah in Makkah, built by Ibrahim and Ismail. Muslims face it in prayer.
- B Trusting Allah completely, while still doing everything you can.
- C Believing that Allah is One and worshipping Him alone.
3True or false?
Circle T for true or F for false. Correct the false ones on the line.
Hajar ran between the hills of Safa and Marwah three times.
TFIbrahim built the Ka'bah all by himself.
TFAbabil is the name of a special kind of bird.
TFHajar asked Ibrahim whether Allah had commanded him to leave them in the valley.
TFThe tribe of Jurhum found the water by watching a bird circling in the sky.
TF
4Quick quiz
Circle the best answer.
What did Hajar ask Ibrahim before he left?
- AWhere the nearest town was
- BWhether Allah had commanded him
- CWhen he would come back
How many times did Hajar go between Safa and Marwah?
Who built the Ka'bah?
- AIbrahim and Ismail
- BAbraha
- CThe tribe of Jurhum
Which of these is told without a connected chain?
- AThat the elephant was held back from Makkah
- BAbd al-Muttalib's words, “The House has a Lord”
- CThat the Prophet ﷺ was born on a Monday
5From the Qur'an: read, copy, understand
وَإِذۡ يَرۡفَعُ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلۡ مِنَّآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ١٢٧
“Our Lord, accept this from us. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.”
Surah al-Baqarah 2:127 · meaning in plain English
Copy the verse carefully in Arabic:
What does this verse teach you?
6Think and write
Ibrahim and Ismail asked Allah to accept their work while they were still building. Why do you think they did that?
Ismail's two wives lived the same simple life but answered differently. Which answer sounds more like you this week?
?Back to the Big Question
What does it mean to trust Allah when the water runs out?
Has your answer changed? Write it again using what you learned.
Irtaqi · Seerah for kids
Chapter 1 · Colouring page
The Valley and the House
Hajar, Ismail and the first House of Allah
Imagined scene: Birds Over the Valley
Colour the place where this part of the story happened. No people are shown.
Irtaqi · Seerah for kids
Chapter 1 · A pattern to colour
The Valley and the House
Hajar, Ismail and the first House of Allah
Eight-pointed stars like these decorate mosques and books across the Muslim world. Choose three colours and repeat them.
Irtaqi · Seerah for kids
Chapter 1 · Answers for the teacher
The Valley and the House
Hajar, Ismail and the first House of Allah
1Story order
- A Valley with No Water
- Seven Times Between Two Hills
- Birds Over the Valley
- Father and Son Build the House
- The Keepers of the House
- The Year of the Elephant
2Words
- Tawakkul → B
- Tawhid → C
- Ka'bah → A
3True or false
- False. She went between them seven times. Pilgrims still walk it seven times today.
- False. Ismail carried the stones and Ibrahim built, and they prayed together (2:127).
- False. Ababil means birds coming in flock after flock.
- True. When he said yes, she answered: “Then He will not abandon us.”
- True. Birds circle over water, so they sent riders to look (Bukhari 3364).
4Quiz
- B · Whether Allah had commanded him
- B · Seven
- A · Ibrahim and Ismail
- B · Abd al-Muttalib's words, “The House has a Lord”
Questions 5 and 6 have no single right answer. Look for answers that use details from the chapter.