The Spider and the Doves: The Story of the Hijra by Farah Morley
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.
The Spider and the Doves
Summary
The Prophet Muhammad is besieged on all sides by his enemies. Then God sends him some unlikely helpers in the form of a pair of doves and a spider. But what can a spider do? 'I am so small and weak, and now even my web is broken.'
The Spider and the Doves Summary
The Spider and the Doves Reviews
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
About Farah Morley
Farah Morley has lectured to diverse audiences, including the BBC, the internationally renowned 'Beyond the Border' festival, The Quest Foundation and Government. She lives in Cymru with a Welshman and their children.
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GOR005762117
9780860374497
0860374491
The Spider and the Doves: The Story of the Hijra by Farah Morley
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Islamic Foundation
20120712
30
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