The Valley Came Alive from al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah of Ibn Kathir

Al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah
	Preface to the Revision
	Publisher’s Preface
	The Biography of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
		Chapter on Mention of His Illustrious Lineage and the Nobility of His Excellent Origins
		Chapter on The Birth of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
		A Description of His Noble Birth (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
	His Nursemaids and Wet Nurses
		Wet-Nursing of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) by Haleemah Bint Abi Dhu’aib As-Sa‘diyyah
		Regarding His Journey With His Uncle, Abu Talib to Ash-Sham and What Happened With Baheera, the Monk
		Regarding His Upbringing and Allah’s Sufficiency for Him, His Protection of Him
	The Part Played By the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) in the Sacrilegious War
		The Part Played By the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) in the Treaty of Al-Fudool (Virtuous)
	Marriage of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)to Khadeejah Bint Khuwailid Ibn Asad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Uzza Ibn Qusayy
		Quraish’s Rebuilding of the Ka‘bah Five Years Before the Start of His Prophetic Mission
		The Book of the Sending of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and Mention of the Signs of That
		The Story of ‘Amr Ibn Murrah Al-Juhani
		Regarding the Communications of the Jinns: Being the Words They Placed On the Lips of the Soothsayers and Which They Caused to Be Heard From Within the Idols
	Chapter on How the Revelation Began to Come to the Messenger of Allah And Mention of the First Thing Revealed to Him From the Qur’an
		Mention of His Age at the Time When He Was Sent and the History of It
		Section Regarding the Prevention of the Jinn and the Repelling of the Shayatin (devils) from Eavesdropping When the Qur’an Was Revealed
		Section Regarding How the Revelation Came to the Messenger of Allah
		Section Regarding the First People to Embrace Islam, Then Mention of the Earliest Companions to Embrace Islam
		The Story of How Hamzah Ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib, the Paternal Uncle of the Prophet, Embraced Islam
	The Story of How Abu Dharr Embraced Islam
	The Story of How Dimad Embraced Islam
		The Story of Al-Irashi and the Quraish’s Attempt at Harming the Prophet
		Heightened Persecution of Weak Muslims
		The polytheists’ disputation of the Messenger of Allah and his establishing an irrefutable proof on them and their acknowledgement of the Truth
		Hijrah of those who migrated among the Companions of Allah’s Messenger from Makkah to Abyssinia
		A Mention of (Abu Bakr) As-Siddiq’s Resolve to Migrate to Abyssinia
		The Mentioning of the Annulment of the Pact of Boycott
		The Story of ‘A’sha Banu Qais Ibn Tha‘labah
		The Story of the Wrestling of Rukanah and How He Sees the Tree Which the Prophet Called and It Returned
		The Journey by Night of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessing of Allah be upon him, from Makkah to Jerusalem and then his ascension there from to the heavens
		The Splitting of the Moon in the Time of the Prophet, Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon Him
		The Death of Abu Talib, the uncle of Allah’s Messenger and soon after, Khadeejah Bint Khuwaiylid, the wife of Allah’s Messenger
		Concerning the death of Khadeejah and a mention of some of her excellence and virtues
		The Prophet’s Marriage to ‘A’ishah Bint Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and Sawdah Bint Zam‘ah
		Allah’s Messenger Goes to the People of At-Ta’if to Invite Them to Allah and to the Aid of His Religion and They Reject Him
		Arrival of the Delegates of the Ansar Year After Year Till They Pledge Allegiance One After the Other
		Iyas Ibn Mu‘adh’s Acceptance of Islam
		The Dawn of Islam Among the Ansar
		The Story of the Second Pledge of ‘Aqabah
		Commencement of the Migration to Madinah
		Circumstances Leading to the Migration of Allah’s Messenger
		Migration of Allah’s Messenger from Makkah to Madinah along with Abu Bakr As-Siddiq
		The Story of Umm Ma’bad Al-Khuzaa’iyyah
		Prophet Muhammad’s Entry into Madinah, where He Established His Residence, and Related Issues
		Notable events and occurrences of the first year of the hijrah of the Prophet
		Abdullah Ibn Salam Accepts Islam
		Khutbah of the Messenger of Allah on that Day
		The Building of his Noble Mosque During His Stay at the Residence of Abu Ayyoob Al-Ansari
		Story of the Construction of the Prophet’s Mosque upon his plan
		A Reminder on the Excellence of this Noble and Exalted Mosque
		The Fever of Madinah Afflicts the Muhajiroon, but the Messenger was Spared by the Wisdom and Power of Allah (SWT). He Supplicated Allah and He Removed the Fever from Madinah
		Establishment of a Pact of Brotherhood Between the Muhajiroon and the Ansar
		The Prophet’s Formation of Brotherhood Between the Muhajiroon and the Ansar
		The death of Abu Umamah As’ad Ibn Zurarah, One of the Twelve Delegates on the Night of the Pledge of 'Aqabah
		The Birth of Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubair in Shawwal, the year of Hijrah
		Allah’s Messenger Consummated His Marriage with 'A’ishah in Shawwal
		The Legislation of Adhan (the call to prayer) Upon the Arrival of the Prophet in Madinah
		Expedition of Hamzah Ibn Abdul-Muttalib
		The Expedition of Ubaidah Ibn Al-Harith Ibn Abdul-Muttalib
		Expedition of Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas
		Events of the Second Year of Hijrah
		The Book of Military Expedition
		Those Who Accepted Islam Among the Jews Out of Dissimulation
		The first military expedition was the expedition of Al-Abwa’ Also Referred to as the Battle of Waddan
		The Ghazwah of Buwat Toward Radwa
		Detachment of Abdullah Ibn Jahsh Which Was Incidental to the Great Battle of Badr
		The Changing of the Qiblah in the Second Year of Hijrah Prior to the Battle of Badr
		The Obligation of Fast of Ramadan in the Second Year Prior to the Battle of Badr