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The Entire History of Islam

A Journey Through History's Greatest Civilizations

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If you buy the book during this Ramadan, I will literally write your name into its pages, and, in sha Allah, it will remain there for hundreds of years as people—generations from now—continue to read it.

This is how I honor you, for you were among the first people to back this project. So may the Muslim Ummah forever honor your name.

Only those who purchased the physical copy of the book will have their name written in it

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Book Progress

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June 2027

Arabic Translation

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Dec 2027

6 More Translations

Turkish · Russian · Urdu · Bengali · French · Indonesian

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Please note that all future dates are my best estimates. The book may be done earlier or later depending on a lot of factors.

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What's Inside

This is the entire history of Islam. Never before has a book been written that tells the entire history of our Ummah.

From the Muslim kingdoms of Italy and Greece to the sultanates of China and Vietnam.

From the time of Ibrahim (AS) all the way to the modern era, and from the lands of Brazil in the west to Japan in the east.

Every kingdom, every era, every movement, and every event.

Rise of the Turks
Independence

Everything important to the telling of our history will be in this book.

There will be entire sections on how different madhhabs developed and how the Qur'an was compiled and standardized.

There will also be entire chapters on how the Muslim world was colonized and how the modern countries soon after gained their independence.

And along the way, this book will teach lessons about Islam: how the Islamic economy is so different from capitalism and communism; how the Islamic family framework is so different from individualism and feminism.

This is our complete history as Muslims—a book that has never been made before…

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The Eighteen Chapters

Journey through fourteen centuries of Islamic history

Chapter 1

Bani Isra'il

The story of Bani Isra'il, using the Qur'an first and then adding details from other history books. From Ibrahim (AS) to Ishaq (AS) and Ya'qub (Israel) (AS), how they ended up in Egypt, were enslaved, then escaped with Musa (AS), and later became a kingdom under Talut, Dawud, and Sulayman (AS). Including the prophets, the big split after Isa (AS), the conflict between Paul and James, and how people became three groups: the Christians, the Jews, and the Ebionites.

  • Ibrahim, Ishaq, Ya'qub and the origins of Bani Isra'il
  • Musa (AS) and the escape from Egypt
  • The kingdom under Talut, Dawud, and Sulayman (AS)
  • The split after Isa (AS): Christians, Jews, and Ebionites
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BANI ISRA'IL Watch Here

Chapter 2

Pre-Islamic Arabia

Pre-Islamic Arabia, focusing on Isma'il (AS) and how he ended up in Arabia with Ibrahim (AS) visiting him there. The story of the Kaaba and how it was built, Mecca's history until Quraysh took control, Yathrib (later Medina), the Ansar coming from Yemen, the kingdoms of Yemen, and how Rome, Persia, and Ethiopia fought over the region—leading to Abraha's elephant army and the birds that stopped him. Plus the People of the Ditch mentioned in Surah al-Buruj.

  • Isma'il (AS) and the building of the Kaaba
  • Mecca's history and Quraysh taking control
  • Yathrib, the Ansar, and the kingdoms of Yemen
  • Abraha's elephant army and the People of the Ditch
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PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA Watch Here

Chapter 3

Mecca Seerah

The Prophet (SAW) before revelation—his childhood, losing his parents and grandfather, his early years as a shepherd, meeting Khadija, his role in a tribal war, and helping rebuild the Kaaba. Then revelation, the real emotions of fear, confusion, and doubt after the cave of Hira. The secret dawah, the command to preach openly, rejection at Mount Safa, the boycotts, the death of his protectors, and his hijrah to Medina. Using the ayat revealed at each stage to link verses to the Seerah.

  • The Prophet's (SAW) early life and meeting Khadija
  • The revelation and emotions after the cave of Hira
  • Secret dawah, open preaching, and persecution
  • The Roman-Persian wars as described in Surah Rum
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MECCA SEERAH Watch Here

Chapter 4

Medina Seerah

In Medina, things get more complex as the Prophet (SAW) guides a whole society. The Constitution of Medina, the brotherhood between Muhajiroon and Ansar, building the masjid, setting up a fair marketplace. Then the next 10 years with all major events while giving context for Arabia and the empires nearby. Why Muslims were sent to the Najashi in Ethiopia, and how the Qur'an comments on the seerah and guides the Prophet along his journey.

  • Constitution of Medina and brotherhood
  • Building the masjid and fair marketplace
  • Major events of the 10 years in Medina
  • The Qur'an guiding the Prophet's journey
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MEDINA SEERAH Watch Here

Chapter 5

Rashidun Caliphate

The Rashidun caliphate—four caliphs plus Hasan as the fifth. How the first khalifa was chosen, the tension with Ali. The story of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali as real people under real pressure, trying to lead without the Prophet (SAW) and without new revelation. Their achievements, wars, struggles, and how all except Abu Bakr were assassinated. Using many hadith and predictions from the Prophet (SAW) that came true, like the Rashidun lasting exactly 30 years.

  • How the first khalifa was chosen
  • Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali as real leaders
  • The prophecy of 30 years fulfilled with Hasan
  • Wars, struggles, and assassinations
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RASHIDUN CALIPHATE Watch Here

Chapter 6

Umayyad Dynasty

The Umayyads—the first to act like kings with crowns and thrones. How Muawiyah brought stability, then Yazid brought huge disasters like killing Husayn and sacking Medina. Abdullah ibn Zubayr ruling Mecca as a separate caliphate for 9 years. Abd al-Malik rebuilding order with Arabic records, new coins, fast mail routes, and the Dome of the Rock. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz trying to bring back justice. The Mawali system, corruption, and the good and bad shown honestly.

  • Muawiyah's stability and Yazid's disasters
  • Abd al-Malik's reforms and the Dome of the Rock
  • Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and justice
  • The Mawali system and later corruption
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UMAYYAD DYNASTY Watch Here

Chapter 7

Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus—how Iberia was ruled by the unpopular Visigoths, then Muslims came with Tariq ibn Ziyad and Musa ibn Nusayr. An Umayyad prince escaped and restarted the dynasty there, leading to culture, science, and scholarship. Then Muslims fighting each other, outsiders from France pushing in, the peninsula taken piece by piece. Yusuf ibn Tashfin from Morocco, until only Granada was left. After Granada, Muslims forced to hide Islam, the secret living, the fatwas, until finally expelled.

  • Tariq ibn Ziyad and the conquest of Iberia
  • The Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus
  • The fall: internal fighting and the Reconquista
  • Secret Muslims and the final expulsion
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AL-ANDALUS Watch Here

Chapter 8

Abbasid Caliphate

The Abbasids—a secret movement and brutal revolution that still brought good to the ummah. The "golden age" of science: the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, huge libraries, beautiful buildings, and major progress in math, medicine, and science. Plus the aqida debates, the rise of different sects, the growth of fiqh and hadith studies, the Sunni madhhabs. The politics, powerful merchant families, non-Arabs becoming equal, and the caliphate breaking apart into the "Shia Century."

  • House of Wisdom and scientific progress
  • Rise of fiqh, hadith, and the Sunni madhhabs
  • The Shia Century: Fatimids and Buyids
  • Politics and the caliphate breaking apart
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ABBASID CALIPHATE Watch Here

Chapter 9

Rise of the Turks

The Turkic peoples of Central Asia and how they rose to take over the Middle East. Early Turkic groups who became Muslim through diplomacy, like the Volga Bulgars (why Ibn Fadlan went on his famous trip and met Vikings). Dynasties like the Ghaznavids from slave soldiers, then the Seljuks conquering the region and defeating the Romans in Turkey. The crusades, the fall of the Fatimids, Salahuddin's rise, the Mongol invasions, and the great Mamluk dynasty.

  • Volga Bulgars and Ibn Fadlan's famous journey
  • Seljuks reviving Sunni Islam after the Shia Century
  • Crusades, Salahuddin, and the Mongol invasions
  • The Mamluks and the rise of the Ottomans
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RISE OF THE TURKS Watch Here

Chapter 10

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire and the world around it—over 600 years of rule. New empires rose and fell, gunpowder changed war, and the industrial revolution flipped the world upside down. The Mamluks, Timurids, and Safavids pushing Shiism in Iran. The sultans, reforms, and conquests into Europe. How Islam spread across the Balkans. Ending around the peak—maybe Suleyman the Magnificent—saving the later "decline" for the chapter on colonization.

  • 600 years of Ottoman rule
  • Safavids pushing Shiism against Ottoman influence
  • Conquests into Europe and Islam in the Balkans
  • The peak under Suleyman the Magnificent
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE Watch Here

Chapter 11

Islam in India

The full history of Islam in India—from the Umayyad conquest of Sindh, to the big push with the Turks like the Ghurids and the Delhi Sultanate spreading Muslim rule. Then the Mughals, one of the greatest Muslim powers in history. This land is not a single country but a continent with many cultures and kingdoms, each with their own stories. The heroes and villains and how each nation interacted. The rise of Western powers and the East India Company.

  • Umayyad conquest of Sindh and the Ghurids
  • The Delhi Sultanate spreading across the region
  • The Mughal Empire at its peak
  • The rise of the East India Company
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ISLAM IN INDIA Watch Here

Chapter 12

Islam in China

Islam in China—one of the favorite chapters because this history is deep but almost nobody knows it. Muslims first came by sea through trade, then by land after the Abbasids and Chinese made peace. Small communities at first, then the Mongols connected the Muslim world to China. Muslims became governors and generals, there was even a short-lived Chinese Muslim sultanate. One emperor wrote a famous poem praising the Prophet (SAW). Chinese Muslims helped spread Islam into Southeast Asia.

  • Muslims arriving by sea and land trade routes
  • Mongols connecting Muslim world to China
  • Muslim governors, generals, and a sultanate
  • Chinese Muslims spreading Islam to Southeast Asia
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ISLAM IN CHINA Watch Here

Chapter 13

Southeast Asia

Islam in Southeast Asia—not just "Malaysia and Indonesia" but a whole archipelago and mainland with tons of islands, cultures, languages, and sultanates. Islam spread through trade and royal marriages. Wars against Hindu empires like Majapahit and Srivijaya. Muslim kingdoms in Vietnam (Champa), sultanates in the Philippines, even a Muslim sultan of Cambodia. Zheng He, the famous Chinese naval commander, building Muslim communities across the islands.

  • Islam spreading through trade and royal marriages
  • Wars against Hindu empires like Majapahit
  • Muslim kingdoms in Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia
  • Zheng He building Muslim communities
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SOUTHEAST ASIA Watch Here

Chapter 14

East Africa

East Africa—sea empires like Ajuran and Adal in Somalia ruling the oceans, trading as far as China, sending giraffes to Chinese emperors. The Somali masjid with two qiblas showing Islam was there long before it spread across Arabia. How Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea became Muslim. The first hijrah, tracking down who the Najashi was. The East African slave trade—what Islam actually says. Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Mahdi rebellion, and even a Muslim sultanate in Mozambique.

  • Sea empires: Ajuran, Adal, trading with China
  • The Somali masjid with two qiblas
  • The first hijrah and the Najashi
  • The Mahdi rebellion and Muslim sultanates
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EAST AFRICA Watch Here

Chapter 15

West Africa

West Africa—Islam spreading differently than East Africa. The major Muslim empires of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai, their wealth and scholarship. Legends like Mansa Musa, said to be the richest man to have ever lived. Later movements like the Sokoto Empire under Dan Fodio, and long-running powers like Kanem-Bornu (possibly the longest lasting Muslim empire in all of history). Lands of powerful empires, the greatest scholars, and the richest yet most unknown stories in our ummah.

  • Mali, Ghana, and Songhai empires
  • Mansa Musa—the richest man ever
  • Sokoto Empire under Dan Fodio
  • Kanem-Bornu: possibly the longest-lasting Muslim empire
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WEST AFRICA Watch Here

Chapter 16

Colonization

How most of the Muslim world was colonized in the 1800s and 1900s. The roots trace back to al-Andalus—Spain and Portugal building "blue water" fleets to bypass Muslim trade routes. The industrial revolution gave Europe a huge tech advantage. Region by region: how each place was conquered, heroes who fought back like Tipu Sultan and Omar al-Mukhtar. Why the Ottomans couldn't industrialize, how the caliphate was abolished. Palestine, Central Asia under Russians, minds being colonized with modern ideologies.

  • Europe bypassing Muslim trade routes
  • Heroes: Tipu Sultan, Omar al-Mukhtar
  • Fall of the Ottomans and abolition of the caliphate
  • Colonization of minds: modern ideologies
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COLONIZATION Watch Here

Chapter 17

Independence

How Muslims got independence and how modern countries were formed. Algeria breaking from France, Indonesia and Malaysia forming, the split of India into Pakistan (and later Bangladesh). The Caucasus fighting against Russians and Soviets—Chechnya, Dagestan. Bosnia and the genocide there. The spread of communism into Muslim lands and how "Islamism" rose as a reaction during the US-Soviet struggle. Major stories and moments from each region into the modern era.

  • Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia gaining independence
  • Partition of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
  • Chechnya, Dagestan, and the Caucasus
  • Bosnia genocide and rise of Islamism
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INDEPENDENCE Watch Here

Chapter 18

The New World

Muslim history in the "new world"—West Africa and how the Atlantic slave trade brought many Muslims (scholars and hufadh) to Brazil, the Caribbean, and the U.S. The Nation of Islam reconnecting people to lost roots, then Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali bringing many to true Islam. Brazil's major Muslim uprising that collapsed. Afghan Muslims in Australia with their camels building early infrastructure. And finally, predictions for the future—how Islam spreads in phases and why the West is accepting Islam faster than Malaysia and Indonesia did.

  • Muslim scholars brought through the slave trade
  • Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and true Islam
  • Afghan Muslims building Australia's outback
  • Predictions for the future of Islam in the West
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THE NEW WORLD Watch Here
The Entire History of Islam
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Why I'm Writing This Book

Growing up, I struggled to find a single resource that told the complete story of Islamic civilization - one that was both historically rigorous and genuinely engaging to read.

Most books either oversimplified the narrative or buried fascinating stories under academic jargon. I wanted to create something different: a book that reads like an epic adventure while staying true to historical sources.

This book is my attempt to share these incredible stories with a new generation - stories of scholars who preserved ancient knowledge, warriors who changed the course of history, and everyday people who built civilizations that shaped our world.

- Omar of the Orient

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How It's Written

History that reads like an adventure

Over the past five years, I have written hundreds of stories about the Muslim Ummah. I have taken the monumental events of our history from our boring books and brought them to life in a way that conveys the emotions of those who lived through that history.

This will be a storybook full of emotion and feeling—moments of joy and moments of sadness, moments of fear and moments of triumph.

You will feel the fear that the Muslims felt that day when the Vikings invaded al-Andalus: a bizarre and strange people, their entire bodies tattooed with mysterious symbols in the brightest blue ink.

You will feel the determination and energy of those Muslims as they dragged their mighty ships over land in order to position them in the waters on the other side of Constantinople.

And that feeling of pure bliss and glory when they realized that they were the army to fulfill a prophecy and capture a city that no Muslim army had ever captured before.

This is not an academic book. This is not a book that simply lists facts and gives you statistics. This is a book of our history.

So I am writing it in a way that lets us truly connect with it and with the people who lived through those events.