Methodology

1. What Anbiya is

Anbiya is a family app of stories of the Prophets and other Islamic stories for children, to read together or listen to. It is meant to start conversations at home, not to replace a parent, a teacher or a scholar. Parents stay in charge of how and when their children use it.

2. Sources used

We rank our sources and say which kind a passage comes from:

• The Qur'an is the primary source. We note the surah and ayah range a story draws on.
• Authenticated hadith come next. We note the collection, the reference and, where relevant, the grading.
• Classical tafsir, sira and history are used carefully and labelled as historical or contextual sources, or as an interpretive tradition. They are not presented as equal to the Qur'an.
• Editorial connective text bridges scenes in simple language (transitions, atmosphere). It never adds doctrine.

Each story keeps a source summary and source list, a revision date and notes on material we left out or that is disputed. In the app, the sources of a story are available from the story itself.

3. How stories are adapted

We start from a source outline, write one canonical narrative, and adapt the age versions from that narrative rather than writing three separate stories.

• Ages 4–6: short sentences, concrete language, one main lesson, nothing frightening.
• Ages 7–9: more detail and basic chronology, one or two lessons, a light introduction to where a story comes from.
• Ages 10+: richer context, and a clearer line between the Qur'anic text and later historical context.

Difficult subjects such as death, war or persecution keep their religious meaning but lose gratuitous detail, and may come with a note for parents. Lessons are presented as reflections that the story supports, and discussion prompts invite recall, empathy and family conversation rather than doctrinal judgments.

4. How uncertainty is handled

Where sources differ or a detail is not established, we leave it out or say so. We do not state disputed details as certain, and we do not invent dialogue, miracles or motives and attribute them to a Prophet. Words that are not from a source are told by the narrator and are not placed in quotation marks as if they were a quotation.

5. Prophet depiction policy

Prophets are never depicted. We use landscapes, objects, architecture, the sea, the desert and symbolic scenes, and we avoid compositions that suggest that a visible person is a particular Prophet. Allah is never depicted. Every illustration is checked against this policy before a story is published.

6. AI usage

We use AI tools to help with drafts, simplification, age adaptation, first translation drafts, quiz suggestions, narration and illustration. AI is never the final authority. Our policy is that every published religious story is reviewed by a human editor, and that German texts are checked by a fluent speaker before publishing.

7. What "reviewed" means internally

"Reviewed" means that an internal editor has checked each religious claim, named event and quotation of a story against its listed sources, and that illustrations and narration were checked as well. It is an editorial review by our team. It is not a scholarly certification or a religious ruling, and we do not describe our stories as scholar approved.

8. How to report a concern

If you find a mistake, an unclear source or something that does not fit these principles, please write to us at [email protected]. Tell us the story and, if you can, the page. We read every report and correct stories when a report is right.