Details

Subject(s)

• Prophets, Pre-Islamic—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Related name

• Brinner, William M. [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Arabic literature ; v. 24. [More in this series]
• Studies in Arabic literature ; v. 24 [More in this series]

Summary note

These 11th-century tales have been read and studied through the years. This work is a translation of the Arabic text into English, from the story of the creation of the world to the time just before the coming of the Prophet Muhammad and the revelation of Islam.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [745]-750) and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; Hārut and Mārut; Noah; Hud; Sālih; Abraham; Lot; Joseph; Moses, son of Manasseh; Iram of the Pillars; The People of al-Rass; Job; Dhu l-Kifl; Shu'ayb; Moses; Korah; Al-Khidr; Moses; Ezekiel; Elijah; Elisha; Dhu l-Kifl (II); Eli and Samuel; Saul; David; David and Solomon; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Ezra; Ezra; Luqmān the Wise; Buluqiyā; Dhu l-Qarnayn; Zachariah, John, Mary and Jesus; Jonah, son of Amittai; The People of the Cave (The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus); The Story of Jirjīs (Saint George); The Story of Samson the Prophet The People of the Trench (The Martyrs of Najrān); The People of the Elephant; Bibliography; Index

Other title(s)

Lives of the prophets

ISBN

• 1-280-46680-4
• 9786610466801
• 1-4175-9079-3
• 90-474-0156-5

OCLC

• 191039311
• 935229339

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