The life of the prophet Muh̜ammad : : a translation of Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya / Imām Abū al-Fidāʻ Ismāʾil ibn Kathīr ; translated from the Arabic printed text of Mus̜tafa ʻAbd al-Wāh̜id by Trevor Le Gassick ; reviewed by Ahmed Fareed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibn Kathīr, Ismāʻīl ibn ʻUmar, approximately 1301-1373.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

Great books of Islamic civilisation

Great books of Islamic civilization.

Standardized Title:

Sīrah al-Nabawīyah. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Muḥammad.

Muslims--Saudi Arabia--Biography.

Muslims.

Saudi Arabia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization ; Reading, UK : Garnet, c1998-

Language Note:

Translated from the Arabic.

Summary:

Compiled in the 14th century AD by a prominent scholar from Damascus, al-Sira al-Nabawiyya by Ibn Kathir is a full examination of the background, life and mission of the Prophet Muhammad. Drawn from the earliest and most reliable sources, it is the fullest available account of the historical circumstances and personalities most important in the founding of Islam. It is a fine example of Islamic scholarship; all information is evaluated in terms of the source's reliability, variant wordings are carefully noted, and Ibn Kathir gives both his own assessments and those of the earliest Islamic authorities concerning the authenticity of these first records. The comments and conversations quoted in this work form the basic knowledge of Islam during the lifetime of its founder.

Volume I of this four-volume set relates the history of the Arab tribes who were the Prophet's forebears, the lives of his parents, and the accounts of unusual events surrounding his birth. It then goes on to relate anecdotes regarding his childhood, the signs of the prophethood, and the first revelations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1873938160

1873938292

1859640095

1859640400

OCLC:

39102619