Kifayat al-Talib al-Labib fi Khasa'is al-Habib ( ar, كفاية الطالب اللبيب في خصائص الحبيب) shortly known as al-Khasa'is al-Kubra ( ar, الخصائص الكبرى) is an
Islamic
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book written by
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Muslim scholar
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
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(1445–1505 CE). The book deals with the miracles attributed to Islamic prophet,
Muhammad
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[Al-Khasais-ul-Kubra. Translated by Makbul Ahmed. ]Lahore
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: Ziaul Quran Publications. Retrieved 14 July 2013
Structure
The book is divided into two parts. The first part basically describes the various miraculous and extraordinary events related and attributed to Muhammad. These include events before his birth up to the
Tabouk expedition. Notable among the miracles described in the first part of this book are:
* Events preceding his birth
* Events during his birth
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Events during his trip to Syria at age 12
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Quran as ultimate miracle
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Isra and Mi'raj
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Splitting of the moon
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events during the Battle of the Trench
See also
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Tafsir al-Jalalayn
''Tafsīr al-Jalālayn'' ( ar, تفسير الجلالين, lit=Tafsir of the two Jalals) is a classical Sunni interpretation (tafsir) of the Qur'an, composed first by Jalal ad-Din al-Maḥalli in 1459 and then completed after his passing by Jala ...
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Dur al-Manthur
''Al-Durr Al-Manthur Fi Tafsir Bil-Ma'thur'' ( ar, الدر المنثور في التفسير بالماثور, lit=The Scattered Pearls: Intertextual Exegesis) is a Sunni tafsir (exegesis or commentary of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam) reco ...
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History of the Caliphs
''History of the Caliphs'' () is a book written by al-Suyuti (c. 1445-1505), the classic Sunni scholar. It was published in English in 1881 in Calcutta and republished in English at Oriental Press in 1970.
The book covers several periods:
* R ...
External links
Urdu version online
References
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Biographies of Muhammad
Sunni literature
Books by al-Suyuti