Stories of the Prophets

Stories of the Prophets presents Ibn Kathir's narratives of the prophets mentioned in the Quran, drawn from his larger historical work Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End). The accounts proceed in roughly chronological order from Adam through Muhammad, supported throughout by Quranic verses and hadith, and incorporate commentary from scholars of Ibn Kathir's era. Where multiple narrations exist, the text notes points of comparison to assess reliability. The book serves as a reference on prophetic history for general readers and students, presenting the prophetic narratives in a single accessible English volume rather than as scattered references across the Quran and hadith literature.