This book, "al-Hadees" or "al-Hadis", or its common name "mishkat al masabih," is a popular collection of assorted ahadith (narrations of the Prophet, pbuh). It contains the Holy Prophet's sayings relating to the events before and after the doomsday, the graphic descriptions of the day of resurrection, the accountability of our actions in the next world and the rewards in paradise and punishments in Hell. There are leading articles on the life of the Prophet (pbuh) showing him an excellent ideal in all aspects of human life and on the inner meanings of the life after death, and of its gifts and chastisements