Author: Ibn Kathir
Translated by Ali As-Sayed Al- Halawani
The Glorious Qur’an will continue to be the sole everlasting miracle till the Day of Judgement. It is the Word of Allah, Exalted be He, sent to His chosen Prophet, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) who endeavored with all his might and main to convey and explain it to the whole world. He visualizes to the whole world its inherent wisdom and admonition. The Glorious Qur’an, however, recounts a number of stories that took place throughout far-remote points of history which are full of events that one’s eyes and mind cannot fail to grasp its admonition and advice. These admonitions and advice, if seriously considered, can verify and restore to the right course a great number of false beliefs and concepts.Allah the Almighty says: {Thus We relate to you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) some information of what happened before. And indeed We have given you from Us a Reminder (this Qur’an)}. (Surah Ta-Ha, verse 99)
Given the significance of these stories, not a small number of Muslim scholars exerted efforts to compile, verify and comment on them. Ibn Katheer (May Allah rest his soul) is a pioneer in that respect. His voluminous Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End) relates the stories of Allah’s prophets and world nations since the beginning of history. Truly, he successfully managed to find the relationship between the details cited in the Glorious Qur’an and the Prophetic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) that explained and clarified the incidents that took place. He also tried his best to portrait the characters of heroes of our stories and their relevant backgrounds. So doing, he presented a lively easy account of these stories of the Glorious Qur’an.
This Book is extracted from this Book of Imam Ibn Kathir “Al-Bidayah Wan-Nihayah” one of the most important texts written about the History of the World until the time of the author.The Stories of the Prophets are not included in this Volume as they have already been Published under a different Cover. As with many Translation of Ibn Kathir’s Works this is an Abridged version without impairing the contents of the book.
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