The aim of this book is to review the events and incidents that took place in the Islamic world from the time of its advent to the end of the Umayyad reign in the year 132 AH. Besides narrating these events and incidents, the author has also analytically examined their causes by relying on authentic historical evidences.

The book consists of seven chapters. The first chapter describes the geographical position of Arabia and its socio-political conditions before the advent of Islam. In the second chapter the author elaborates on the advent of Islam, appointment of Prophet Mohammad (s) as the Divine Messenger of Allah, embracement of Islam by close associates of the Prophet, opposition faced from Quraysh, Prophet’s migration from Mecca to Median, the change of Qibla from Bait al-Moqaddas to Ka’ba, and Prophet’s struggles and wars against the infidels. The third chapter analyses the developments that took place in the world of Islam before Prophet’s sad demise. The fourth chapter analyses the issue of the successorship of the Prophet of God (s). A review of the conditions that prevailed in the world of Islam after the martyrdom of Imam Ali (a) is the main focus of the fifth chapter. Finally, chapters six and seven discuss the emergence of the Umayyad rule and the subsequent developments that took place in the Islamic world.