[Digital Edition] Sacred Stories Vs. Soulless Screens

Sacred Stories vs. Soulless Screens

A Call to Reclaim Identity, Purpose, and Faith

Every identity is built on a story. Prophets and poets, governments and corporations all tell them, and the ones that reach us decide what we value and where we believe we are going.

Islamic civilization was built on sacred stories: revealed accounts of the Prophets, the righteous, and the outcomes of belief and disbelief. These came not from myth or imagination but from waḥy (revelation), the direct speech of Allah to mankind. They are now being displaced. Stories are no longer shared in sacred gatherings; they are streamed without end across soulless screens, and the modern entertainment industry that supplies them is anything but neutral.

This book is a call to return to the truest narratives ever told.

It is built on the words of those best qualified to explain them. Imām Aḥmad (d. 241 AH), Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597 AH), Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH), al-Dhahabī (d. 748 AH), Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751 AH), Ibn Rajab (d. 795 AH), Ibn Kathīr (d. 774 AH), and Imām al-Saʿdī (d. 1376 AH) speak here at length and in their own words, with the Arabic set alongside the English throughout and every citation documented.