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Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah

البداية والنهاية

By Ibn Kathir · 774h (1373 CE) · 14 volumes

A monumental history from creation to the author's own time (14th century CE). Ibn Kathir combines Quranic narrative, hadith reports, and historical accounts to produce the most comprehensive Islamic history written in the medieval period. The early volumes on prophetic history and seerah are particularly valued.

Table of Contents

INTRO Introduction 1 The Creation of the Heavens, Earth, and All That Is Between 2 The Creation of Adam and the Beginning of Human History 3 The Prophets from Idris to Ibrahim: An Era of Guidance 4 Ibrahim al-Khalil: The Father of the Prophets 5 Musa and Bani Isra'il: Revelation and the Law 6 Dawud, Sulayman, and the Kingdom of Israel 7 'Isa ibn Maryam: The Prophet and Messenger of Allah 8 The Prophetic Biography: From Birth to the Hijra 9 The Battles and the Conquest of Makkah 10 The Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the First Century of Islam 11 Islamic History from the Umayyads to the Fall of Baghdad 12 Al-Fitan wal-Malahim: Signs of the Hour and the Hereafter

Details

Category
History
Subject
history
Original Language
ar
Available In
ar en
Written
774h (1373 CE)
Author Died
774h
Volumes
14

Index

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See Also

  • Al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah (History)
  • As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah
  • Tarikh at-Tabari (History of Prophets and Kings)
  • The Virtues of the Quran
  • Sirat Ibn Hisham
  • When the Moon Split

More by Ibn Kathir

  • As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah
  • Al-Bidayah wal-Nihayah (History)
  • The Virtues of the Quran
  • Biographies of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs
  • The Dajjal: The False Messiah
  • The Book of the End: Great Trials and Tribulations
  • The Early Days: Stories from the Beginning of Creation to Prophet Yunus