Spider and the Doves

The Story of the Hijra

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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This is the re-telling of a classic story from the Prophet's life. It weaves a tale that shows how even the smallest of us can have a great destiny.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-07-12
Mått206 x 209 x 8 mm
Vikt255 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor30
FörlagIslamic Foundation
IllustratörMorley, Farah
ISBN9780860374497

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"The lowly spider is a strong hero in this traditional story about Muhammad."During the Prophet's flight from Makkah (Mecca) to Madinah (Medina) on the journey called the Hijra (Hejira), he stopped in a cave with his follower, Abu Bakr, to escape his pursuers. As the story goes, birds (usually pigeons, but here called doves) nested outside the cave, and a spider wove a web to fool the tracker sent by Makkah s leaders. The animals instinctively thought that their presence would cause the tracker to think that Muhammad couldn t be inside. (In similar stories, spiders also save King David and the baby Jesus with their webs. The image of a tiny creature standing up against stronger forces unites disparate faiths.) ... Black silhouettes are cleverly juxtaposed against intensely colored watercolors, working within the Muslim injunction against showing human images ... Kirkus Reviews"