The Life of the Last Prophet was the first album to be released by Cat Stevens

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Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....

 after leaving the Western pop music

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 business in 1978, changing his name to Yusuf Islam. After that time, he recorded only albums with Islamic themes

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, including recordings for children to learn both the Arabic alphabet

Arabic alphabet

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 and basic tenets of Islam. This album is both an attempt to give praise to Muhammed, which is encouraged as an act of faith in the Qur'an

Qur'an

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, and an attempt to reach out to young people and those who wish to understand more about Islam, and to explain why such a popular commercial recording artist would leave the business at the height of his career.

Released in 1995, the album is a spoken-word, audio production.

Track listing

1. Call to Prayer [Adhan]
2. Introduction
3. The Lone Orphan
4. The Trustworthy
5. The Black Stone
6. Polytheists and Idols
7. The Cave
8. Read! [Surah Al'alaq]
9. The Opening [Surah Al-Fatihah]
10. Allah; the One [Surah Al-Ikhlas]
11. Rejection and Boycott
12. The Night Journey
13. The Lote Tree [Surah Al-Isra']
14. Five Daily Prayers
15. Al-Madinah
16. The First Constitution
17. Migrants and Helpers [Surah Al-Anfal]
18. Charity and Fasting
19. People of the Book
20. Permission to Fight [Surah Al-Hajj]
21. Battle of Badr
22. Truce of Hudaybiyyah
23. Call to the Rulers
24. Common Terms [Surah Al 'Imran]
25. Makkah Opened
26. Ilaha Illa Allah
27. Idols Smashed
28. Religion of Truth [Surah Al-Saf]
29. Farewell Pilgrimage
30. This Day [Surah Al-Mustafa]
31. The Death of the Prophet
32. Muhammad Al Mustafa
33. Supplication [Du'd]
34. Tala'a Al-Badru 'Alayna
    Ta'la al Badru 'Alayna
    Tala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā is a traditional Islamic song known as nasheed that the Ansar sung to the Prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Yathrib after completing the Hijra in 622 CE...