One of the best-loved versions of the prophetic tales is this Qisas al-anbiya composed by al-Kisai around 1200 AD. A master storyteller, the author's sense of dramatic value in ending a narrative section at precisely the right moment to heighten an important point in the mind of the listener is exhibited throughout. In the preface, the author describes the formation of a human fetus in the womb and its entry as a newborn baby into the external world. This is contrasted with the descriptions, typical of the genre, of the birth of the world ex nihilo by God's Word of command, Be! Angelology and cosmology follow with descriptions of the world and natural phenomena, all of which set the stage for the climax of God's creativity, the shaping of Adam, His most perfect creature. Unlike the rest of creation, all of which was brought into existence by divine fiat, Adam was fashioned by God's own hands and was bestowed with God's own breath of spirit. Following the stories! of Prophet Adam and his immediate family come the stories of Prophets Idris, Noah, Shem, Hud, Salih, Abraham, Ishmael and his mother Hagar, Lot, Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Joseph, Shuayb, Moses, Aaron, Khidr, Joshua, Josephus, Eleazar, Elijah, Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, Jonah and Jesus son of Mary.
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One of the best-loved versions of the prophetic tales is the Tales of the Prophets offered in this English translation and composed by a certain al-Kisai, the date of which is highly uncertain, although the prevalent opinion is that it must have been written not long before 1200. It was shortly thereafter translated into Persian by Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Dayduzami. -- W. Thackston
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Original Language: Arabic
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A lot of the tales that are in this book are derived from the Bible and Torah. I would ONLY recommend this book to a person who wants background information that bridges the major religions. Regarding the tales coming from the Holy Quran, it is not worth the read.
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The learned and venerable scholar Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Kisa'i has said: Praise be to God, who has caused creatures to germinate as living organisms, gave them life from a state of death, gathered them together from a state of dispersal, and moved them from layer to layer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rebellious genii, prophetic tales, ibn jubayr, day whereon, drawn nigh Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Angel of Death, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Prophet Muhammad, Our God, Friend of God, Thereupon God, Lords of the Thicket, Sakhr the Rebellious, Beloved of God, Holy Land, Sacred Land, Abraham's God, Barren Wind, Fiery Sea, Iblis the Accursed, Mount Sinai, Salih ibn Kanuh, Verily God, Adam's Bequest, God of Abraham, Harbel the Believer, Hitta Gate, Lam ibn Duam, Preserved Tablet, The Slaughter of the Camel New!
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The learned and venerable scholar Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Kisa'i has said: Praise be to God, who has caused creatures to germinate as living organisms, gave them life from a state of death, gathered them together from a state of dispersal, and moved them from layer to layer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rebellious genii, prophetic tales, ibn jubayr, day whereon, drawn nigh Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Angel of Death, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Prophet Muhammad, Our God, Friend of God, Thereupon God, Lords of the Thicket, Sakhr the Rebellious, Beloved of God, Holy Land, Sacred Land, Abraham's God, Barren Wind, Fiery Sea, Iblis the Accursed, Mount Sinai, Salih ibn Kanuh, Verily God, Adam's Bequest, God of Abraham, Harbel the Believer, Hitta Gate, Lam ibn Duam, Preserved Tablet, The Slaughter of the Camel New!
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