40 Narrations With Illustrations

The book "Forty Narrations with Illustrations" presents forty examples of such similes and allegorical comparisons used by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) and his Holy Progeny (a.s) within their sacred teachings. This current text, while introducing you to one of the most common expressive methods employed by the Ahl al-Bayt, also presents a new approach to the custom and practice of writing forty narrated traditions. Our dear readers will find that at the end of this book there is a list of forty narrations, each of which is related to a particular illustration. The respected reader is tasked to find the narration corresponding to each image and write it down beneath the correct illustration. In this way, the reader shall learn the narrated traditions available in this book, while also practicing the religious custom of writing down 40 traditions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) and his Sacred Progeny (a.s).

Furthermore, on every page there is a space in which the reader may write the subject of the narration at hand. For a sample of how to use this workbook, please refer to page 8.