ʻArāʻis al-majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā, or [electronic resource] : Lives of the prophets / as recounted by Abū Isḥāq Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Thaʻlabī ; translated and annotated by William M. Brinner.

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Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1035 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Description
1 online resource (809 p.)

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