stories of the prophets - al-bidaya wa nihaya - (ibn kathir) pocket

This book is taken from the phenomenal work "Al-Bidâya wa An-nihâya" (The beginning and the end). It relates the lives of the Prophets of God and their efforts to rekindle the spark of faith in the hearts of men and bring them back to the way of God. He draws his material mainly from the Koran and the prophetic tradition and quotes the opinions of scholars among the Companions and the generations who followed them as well as snippets of the writings of the People of the Book.

We have tried as much as possible to ignore the weak accounts and to reference the hadîth reported by Ibn Kathîr.

God elected the best among His servants and sent them to be models for men in all areas of life, both in their relationship with God and in their relationship with creatures. He provided each of them with the necessary tools to fulfill his mission, thus taking into account the characteristics of their respective peoples and those of the times in which they lived.

The Envoys had the mission of reminding men of the pre-eternal pact concluded between God and His servants, to worship only Him without associating anything with Him. Adoration which must be translated at every moment of human experience, any act however small may be transformed thanks to the intention and the respect of the norms into an act of adoration.

Today more than ever at a time when excessive materialism gnaws at the soul of man, a return to the essential is essential: Return to God, reminder of the last life, respect and practice of the divine norms revealed to Muhammad last Prophet of God. For that nothing like the book "the stories of the Prophets" which contains the quintessence of the human experiment. The present edition of the "Stories of the Prophets" was increased; we have included the book of the beginning of the creation, and chapters which did not appear in the previous editions. We hope that this work will be well received by our dear readers and ask them to be indulgent towards us if it presents some imperfection.

Topics covered in this book:

• God is the Creator of everything
• The creation of the Throne and the Seat The Seat (Kursî) The creation of the heavens, the earth and what is between the two
• The creation of the seven lands
• The seas and the rivers
• The description of all creatures: On land and in the seas
• The creation of the heavens and the signs they contain
• The creation of Angels and their characteristics
• Categories of Angels
• Who are more deserving: Angels or humans?
• The Creation of the Jinns and the Story of Satan
• The Creation of Adam
• The Angels want to know the wisdom of Adam's creation
• Satan is jealous of Adam
• The Angels Who Bowed Down Before Adam
• satan lived in heaven
• The creation of Eve Which tree is it?
• Where is the Paradise where Adam lived?
• Satan Suggests Adam and Eve Disobey God
• The clothes of Adam and Eve Adam and Eve regret their act and ask for forgiveness from God
• Adam and Eve leave Paradise
• Adam's Repentance
• The discussion between Adam and Moses
• Reminder of the Hadith relating to the creation of Adam
• The original pact