The Life Of The Last Prophet

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Album Info

Release Date: 1998

Label: Mountain Of Light

Total Time - 1:11:38

This spoken-word recording of "The Life of The Last Prophet (pbuh)" is the first official release by Yusuf Islam since his departure from the music business as Cat Stevens back in 1978. The biography is fully authenticated and approved by an international group of 'ulema (scholars) and contains selected verses of the Qur'an, recited by the renowned Egyptian Qari' (reciter), Shaikh Muhammad Al-Minyaoui. It also includes the song Tala'a al-Badru 'Alayna, and a beautiful rendition of the adhan (call to prayer).

Tracks 1-33 - The Life of the Last Prophet: Birth in Makkah / through to the miraculous Night Journey and Ascension / The Migration / through to Farewell Pilgrimage and death in Madinah
Track 34 - Nasheeds (Songs): Tala'a al-badru 'alayna

Recorded in London, Cairo & Sarajevo.

The tracklist on the insert skips the name for track 3 (making tracks 3-5 bearing titles for tracks 4-6) and omits track 6 and track 35.

The title for track 33, "Supplication (Du'a)" is misspelled as "Supplication (Du'd)".
Track 34 is put twice in the tracklist, under "Conquest Of Makkah" and "Nasheeds (Songs)".