Muhammad : His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

Muhammad :
His Life Based on the Earliest Sources,
[-A4] Paperback - 380 pages, Revised Edition,
by Dr. Martin Lings, (aka Abu Bakr Siraj al-Din),
Published by Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge,

 

Description :

Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad, may Allah Shower His Blessings upon him & give him Peace, in the English language. Martin Lings’ aka Abu Bakr Siraj'ud-Din's life of Muhammad is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it owes the freshness and directness of its approach to the words of men and women who heard Muhammad, May Allah Shower His Blessings upon him & give him Peace, speak and witnessed the events of his life. 



Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. He has adopted a style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the simplicity and grandeur of the story. The result is a book which will be read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Prophet Muhammad, may Allah Shower His Blessings upon him & give him Peace, life and those coming to it for the first time.





A small selection from the Table of Contents,


---Chapter [1]: The House of God;
---Chapter [2]: A Great Loss,

---Chapter [6]: The Need for a Prophet,
---Chapter [7]: The Year of the Elephant;

---Chapter [10]: Bahira the Monk,

---Chapter [13]: The Household,
---Chapter [14]: The Rebuilding of the Kabah;
---Chapter [15]: The First Revelations,

---Chapter [25]: The Hour,
---Chapter [25]: Abyssinia,

---Chapter [31]: The Year of Sadness;

---Chapter [37]: The Hijrah;
---Chapter [38]: The Entry into Madinah,

---Chapter [43]: The Battle of Badr;

---Chapter [67]: A Clear Victory;

---Chapter [72]: The Lesser Pilgrimage and its Aftermath;

---Chapter [75]: The Conquest of Mecca;

---Chapter [83]: The Farewell Pilgrimage;
---Chapter [84]: The Choice,
---Chapter [85]: The Succession and Burial;

Appendix :
---Map of Arabia. Quraysh (Genealogy Tree),
---A Note on the Pronunciation of the Arabic Names,
---Key to References,
---Index,

Product Dimensions : 23.4 x 15.6 x 3 cm.