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Stories of The Prophets

Imam Ibn Kathir Ad-Dimashqi

Dar-us-Salam Publications

The Stories of the Prophets have been compiled from 'Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah' (The Beginning and the End) which is a great work of the famous Muslim exegete and historian Ibn Kathir and has a prominent place in the islamic literature. The Stories of the Prophets and all the events in their lives have been supported by the Qur'anic Verses and the Traditions of the Prophet. Wherever it was necessary, other sources have also been reported for the sake of historical accounts, but on such places a comparative study has been made to prove the authenticity of the sources. Ibn Kathir has reproduced the views and interpretations of all the great exegetes of the Qur'an of his time. The systemic narratives of the Stories of the Prophets have been written in chronological order which renders a historical style to the book.

Allah the Most Exalted says in the Quran:

"We are relating unto you the most beautiful of stories in that which We have revealed to you from the Qur'an, though before it you were from among those who were not aware of them." [Yusuf: 3]

1. The Story of Adam and Eve (Hawwa)
2. The Story of Enoch (Idris)
3. The Story of Noah (Nuh)
4. The Story of Hud
5. The Story of Saleh
6. The Story of Abraham (Ibrahim)
7. The Story of Lot (Lut)
8. The Story of Shu'aib
9. The Story of Ishamel (Isma'eel)
10. The Story of Isaac (Is-haq)
11. The Story of Jospeh (Yusuf)
12. The Story of Job (Ayoub)
13. The Story of Dhul-Kifl
14. The Story of The People of Ar-Raas
15. The Story of The People of Yaseen
16. The Story of Jonah (Yunus)
17. The Story of Moses and Aaron (Musa and Haroon)
18. The Story of Joshua (Yusha')
19. The Story of Khidr
20. The Story of Ezekiel (Hizqeel)
21. The Story of Elia and Elisha (Ilyas and Al-Yas'a)
22. The Story of Samuel
23. The Story of David (Dawud)
24. The Story of Solomon (Sulaiman)
25. The Story of Isaiah bin Amoz (Shi'ya bn Amsia)
26. The Story of Jeremiah bin Hilkiah
27. The Story of the Destruction of Jerusalem
28. The Story of Daniel (Daniyal)
29. The Story of Ezra ('Uzair)
30. The Story of Zacharia and John (Zakariyyah and Yahya)
31. The Story of Jesus ('Isa)