House of Qasas (بيت القصص, “the house of stories”) retells Islamic stories in clear English, one series at a time. We publish on YouTube, and every episode has its own page here with the full story as text and every source it uses.
“We relate to you the best of stories.”The Quran, Yusuf 12:3, meaning in English (ahsan al-qasas)
Qasas is the Quran’s own word for stories. The Quran tells them so that we reflect, take lessons and draw closer to Allah. That is what we try to do in every episode.
Our sources
Every story is drawn from the Quran and authentic hadith. Each episode page lists the verses and hadith it uses, with links to read them in full on Quran.com and Sunnah.com.
- The Quran first. When the Quran tells a story, its account is the backbone of the episode. Quran passages are given as their meanings in our own English, not quoted from a published translation.
- Authentic hadith only. We use hadith that scholars grade authentic, and we name the collection and number every time.
- No guessing. Every script is checked against its listed sources before the video is made. If a detail cannot be traced to a reliable source, it is cut instead of guessed. We do not add colourful details from weak reports or Isra’iliyyat.
Why we never depict the Prophets
Out of respect, we never show a Prophet, a Companion, an angel or Iblis as a person or a face. In our videos you will see the places where the stories happened, the light, the land and the sea, and symbols that carry the meaning. The words carry the story.
How the videos are made
We are open about this: the visuals and the narration are made with AI tools. Every upload is marked as altered or synthetic content on YouTube, and every video description says so. The scripts are written first, checked against the Quran and hadith they cite, and then produced. The images follow strict rules: no people’s faces, no text inside images, and the calm teal and gold look of the channel.
Corrections
If you spot a mistake, please tell us in the comments under the video. We check every report against the sources. When we are wrong, we correct the episode page and pin the correction under the video.
Everyday tools
Alongside the stories, the site has free tools for daily life: listen to the Quran by six reciters with a daily plan to finish it in 30 days, prayer times for any city, the Qibla direction, the Islamic calendar and a Ramadan timetable. Prayer times are calculated from the position of the sun with the method that is usual in each country; Hijri dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar.
The series
We tell one series at a time: Stories of the Prophets, Heroes of the Sahaba, Tales from the Quran, Golden Age of Islam and Moral Stories for Kids. See all series.
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