Tehran, 2006/12/26, MNA

The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) is to publish a book centered on the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) here in late Feb. 2007.

Entitled “Worried about the Butterflies”, the book has been written by prominent Iranian children’s book authors Mohsen Hejri, Sussan Taqdis, Fariba Kalhor, Nura Haqparast, Afsaneh Sha’ban-Nejad, Babak Niktalab, Hossein Seyyedi, Mahmud Purvahhab, and Majid Molla-Mohammadi in 14 volumes. 

It contains the Prophet's (s.a.w.a.) life account, including birth, Be'that [the day in which the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) was appointed to his prophethood], his ascension, Hijra, Hajjat al-Wadaa (the Holy Prophet's Farewell Pilgrimage), and his demise along with maps from early Islamic era.

The book also includes some classic and modern poetries, describing the personality of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

Illustrator Hoda Haddadi, Mohammad-Ali Bani-Assadi, Ali Hashemi-Shahraki, Mahkameh Sha'bani, Leili Derakhshani, Atieh Markazi, and Mojtaba Tabatabaii have also contributed to the work. 

The current Iranian calendar year was named “The Year of the Great Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)” by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in his New Year's message on March 21, 2006.

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