Which stories teach honesty?
Each figure below carries honesty as one of the things children learn from their story. Start with the short tales, about five minutes each, then read the full story on the figure's page.
Prophet Shuayb, The Just
In a market full of cheating scales, one prophet asks his town to weigh honestly, and leans on Allah when they turn on him.
- The Honest Scale (6 min): A morning market, a thumb on the scale, and a prophet who says: weigh with a straight, honest scale.
- Only to Set Things Right (6 min): Laughed at by an evening crowd, a prophet answers gently: I only want to set things right.
- Upon Allah We Rely (6 min): Leave our town, say the proud leaders. A prophet stands on steady ground and answers: upon Allah we rely.
- Saved by Mercy (6 min): On a windy hillside at the end of a long story, the believers are kept safe by Allah's mercy.
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, The Truthful
Two friends in a dark cave, and the words: do not be sad, Allah is with us.
- If He Said It (6 min): When the whole city laughs at an impossible claim, one man in the busy market says: if he said it, then it is true. And from that morning, he is called the Truthful.
- Buying Bilal's Freedom (6 min): Under the burning desert sun, a man pays everything he has to break the chains of someone he has never met, because no believer should suffer for saying the truth.
- The Two Belts (6 min): On the darkest night of the hijra, a brave young woman climbs a mountain with food and water, tears her belt in two to tie the bundles, and earns a name that will never be forgotten.
- Allah Is With Us (7 min): Two friends hide in a tiny cave while searchers stand just outside. One is afraid. The other whispers: do not be sad, for Allah is with us.
Khadijah, The First Believer
A wise woman of Makkah who saw the truth in people, and believed before anyone else.
- The Caravan to the North (7 min): Khadijah needs someone honest to lead her caravan, and chooses the young man they call al-Amin.
- The Wise Choice (7 min): Many rich men wished to marry Khadijah. She chose a good heart instead.
- Allah Will Never Disgrace You (7 min): The Prophet comes home trembling from the cave of Hira, and Khadijah finds the words to comfort him.
- The First Believer (7 min): Before anyone else in the world, Khadijah believes the message, and stands by the Prophet through the hard years.
- A Salaam from Allah (7 min): On an ordinary day, Khadijah carries a dish of food, and Jibril brings her greetings of peace from her Lord.
Prophet Adam, The First
The very first human, taught the names of all things by Allah.
- A Secret Among the Angels (3 min): Before the world began, Allah told the angels a secret.
- The Names of Everything (4 min): Allah gives the first human life, and a gift no one had before.
- The One Who Would Not Bow (4 min): Every angel bowed. One proud heart would not.
- The Garden and the Whisper (4 min): A garden, one forbidden tree, and a whisper that would not stop.
- The Words That Brought Him Home (4 min): The most important part: what to do when you slip.
Prophet Yahya, The Pure
A boy given a whole Book from Allah, and told: take it with strength.
- A Name Nobody Had Carried (6 min): Before he is even born, Allah gives good news of a boy with a name nobody in the whole world has ever carried.
- Take the Book With Strength (6 min): In a quiet room, a child is handed something enormous: a whole Book from Allah, to hold on to with both hands.
- Kind to His Parents (6 min): Allah lists the treasures inside one remarkable boy, and among them is this: he was gentle and good to his mother and father.
- Peace Be Upon Him (6 min): Allah Himself says peace over Yahya on three days: the day he was born, the day he dies, and the day he is raised up alive.
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These are children's retellings drawn from the Quran and classical tafsir. The sourcing and editorial policy explains how Sukun Kids approaches the material, and the full story library lists every figure.