THE STORY OF CREATION

This is the translation of the initial portion of al-Bidayah wa an-Nihaya, a great book of Allamah Abul Fida lsma’il ibn Kathir . He was a prominent scholar of Islam and Islamic history, and an exegate of the Quran. He has based this work on the Quran and ahadith. The book tells us how this creation came into existence from nothing. We learn in it about the earth and the heavens, paradise and hell, the angels, the iblis and the jinns. He has cited the verses of the Quran extensively and quoted the ahadith exhaustively. A comprehensive index is appended to the translation.

• AUTHOR: IBN KAHTIR
• ISBN 969-428-149-0
• PUBLISHED BY: DARUL-ISHAT