The Valley Came Alive

Darussalam is proud to present the abridged English translation of the classic work: Al-Bidayah wan Nihayah. Focusing exclusively on the life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). This volume contains a detail account of the life and times of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) taken from a number of historical and traditional sources. The book reports the events of his blessed life, his battles, military campaigns, the delegations that met him, and shed light upon the unique exemplary qualities virtues and signs of his Messengership that make him a guide and role-model for all of humanity until the end of time. 

Al-Bidayah wan Nihayah (The Beginning and The End) by the renowned scholar Abu Al-Fida ‘Imad ad-Deen Isma’eel bin ‘Umar ibn Katheer, is considered one of the most authoritative sources of Islamic history.