'From the Beginning to the End', considered to be the historian Ibn Kathir's masterpiece on history, biographies and collection of incidents. Some topics he covers are the start of mankind and creation through the Prophets and messengers including the Noble Prophet Muhammad and focuses particularly up to his period then concludes the book with the end of times and future events prophecies.

This translation has been abridged according to the translators discretion. The entire work has been translated faithfully with removal of repetitions and materials covered in previous sections, and removal of chains of transmission from ahadith and poetry.