In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Allah wrote mercy upon Himself. Then He told us so.

How to read this site

Four doorways, in order.

  1. I

    Mercy

    The Bismillah opens the Book. Al-Fatiha names Ar-Rahman and Ar-Raheem twice before a single rule is given. Allah wrote mercy upon Himself before He created creation (Bukhari 7404).

  2. II

    The Prophet

    Allah did not introduce His Prophet as a warning to the worlds. Not as a sword. He introduced him as a mercy. The seerah, read through that one lens.

  3. III

    The Prophets

    Twenty four lives named in the Qur'an. Five of them carried the firmest resolve. Every prophet before the seal carried a piece of the same mercy that named him.

  4. IV

    Duas (supplications)

    The asking that earned the answering. Every prophet on this site asked Allah for something. He recorded the words, the moments, and the answers He gave back.

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Dua of the week

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbana atina fi d-dunya hasanatan wa fi l-akhirati hasanatan wa qina ‘adhaba n-nar

Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

All duas
The twenty four

The prophets, in their order.

  1. 01Adam
    آدم

    The first man, the first repentance, taught the names.

  2. 02Idris
    إدريس

    Raised to a high place, the prophet of patience and truth.

  3. 03Nuh
    نوح

    Nine hundred and fifty years of calling, the ark, the flood.

  4. 04Hud
    هود

    Sent to Aad, a tall people in southern Arabia who were destroyed by wind.

  5. 05Salih
    صالح

    Sent to Thamud, the she-camel sign, the people who refused.

  6. 06Ibrahim
    إبراهيم

    The friend of Allah, the breaker of idols, the father of prophets.

  7. 07Lut
    لوط

    Sent to a people who turned from fitrah, saved with his family.

  8. 08Ismail
    إسماعيل

    The patient son, the rebuilder of the Kaaba, the father of the Arabs.

  9. 09Ishaq
    إسحاق

    The good news to Sarah, the line of the prophets of Israel.

  10. 10Yaqub
    يعقوب

    Father of the twelve, the patience of Yusuf's father.

  11. 11Yusuf
    يوسف

    The dream, the well, the prison, the king, the reunion.

  12. 12Ayyub
    أيوب

    The trial of body and family, and the dua that did not complain.

  13. 13Shu'ayb
    شعيب

    The prophet of the marketplace, sent to a people who cheated in trade.

  14. 14Musa
    موسى

    Pharaoh's house, the staff, the parting of the sea, the law.

  15. 15Harun
    هارون

    The eloquent brother, the support sent for the heavy task.

  16. 16Dhul-Kifl
    ذو الكفل

    Among the patient and the righteous, named briefly in the Qur'an.

  17. 17Dawud
    داود

    King and prophet, the Zabur, the iron that softened in his hand.

  18. 18Sulayman
    سليمان

    The kingdom, the wind, the jinn, the speech of the ant.

  19. 19Ilyas
    إلياس

    Sent to a people who worshipped Baal, called them to the One Lord.

  20. 20Al-Yasa
    اليسع

    Among the chosen and the best, named briefly in the Qur'an.

  21. 21Yunus
    يونس

    The whale, the darkness, the dua that returned him to mercy.

  22. 22Zakariyya
    زكريا

    The old man who prayed in the mihrab and was given a son.

  23. 23Yahya
    يحيى

    Given peace at birth, at death, and at the day he is raised.

  24. 24Isa
    عيسى

    The word of Allah given to Maryam, the spirit, the sign for the worlds.

25 · The seal
Muhammad مُحَمَّد

Mercy embodied. The seerah, read through one lens.