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Muhammad

His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

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Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the English language, Martin Lings' <em>Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources</em> 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 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 Muhammad's life and those coming to it for the first time. <em>Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources</em> was given an award by the government of Pakistan, and selected as the best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad in 1983. <em></em>

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Muhammad, Martin Lings

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His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
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English
Released
1991
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Hardcover
Pages
361
ISBN10
094662125X
ISBN13
9780946621255
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Muhammad
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Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the English language, Martin Lings' <em>Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources</em> 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 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 Muhammad's life and those coming to it for the first time. <em>Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources</em> was given an award by the government of Pakistan, and selected as the best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad in 1983. <em></em>