Part 1 of 2 - The seerah, story of the prophet صلی الله علیه وآله وسلم from before his birth until his successors after him as told by Imam ibn Katheer, translated into English. This detailed seerah looks at the history of the Arabs in the region before Islam, the events surrounding the birth and upbringing of the prophet as well as his receiving the first revelation and the extraordinary events and difficulties that followed which would ultimately change the world and shape the future of the entire world. Abridged by Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al-Halabi Al-Athari