Muhammad's Podcast

In Episode 4 of The Knowledge Caravan we dive into Volume 4 of Tarikh Ibn Kathir (Al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya) by Allama Ibn Kathir, Urdu translation by Prof. Kokab Shadani — covering the third to eighth year of the Hijri calendar. Five years of espionage, economic warfare, tribal politics, military genius, and breathtaking defections that reshaped the entire ancient world. In this episode: 🗡️ Ghazwa Zil...

What was it actually like the moment the first revelation descended? Not the spiritual summary — the raw, granular, verified human detail? In Episode 3 of The Knowledge Caravan, we dive deep into one of the most precisely documented events in human history — the very first moments of Islam's emergence — drawn directly from Tarikh Ibn Kathir (Al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya) by Allama Ibn Kathir, Urdu tra...

What does a termite have to do with the greatest empire in human history? More than you'd think. In this episode we dive deep into Volume 2 of Al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya (Tarikh Ibn Kathir), the monumental 14th century masterwork by Allama Ibn Kathir, from the Urdu translation by Prof. Kokab Shadani. We explore one of the most psychologically rich sections of Islamic history — the rise and fall of...

What if a 14th-century scholar attempted to fact-check the entire universe — from the moment of creation all the way to the apocalypse? That's exactly what Allama Ibn Kathir did in his monumental masterpiece Al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya (البدایہ والنہایہ) — The Beginning and the End. In this episode we explore Volume 1 of the Urdu translation by Prof. Kokab Shadani, unpacking Ibn Kathir's ruthle...