But there are few scholars in the west who have studied the life of Muhammad objectively.
Western scholars have been studying & writing about the life of Prophet Muhammad for many centuries. Graduate College, Nankana SahibĪssociate Professor, Department of Urdu, Qurtuba University of Science and Technology, Dera Ismail khan Titus Hardtack Cover CALLIGRAPHY: (top) the Islamic liturgical invocation of blessings on the Prophet (center) octagonal ornament from the walls of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, consisting of the names in Kufic script of the Prophet and ten of his chief Companions (see the opening of Chapter LXXXII).Doctoral Candidate Islamic Studies, University of Sargodha, SargodhaĪssistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Govt.
Annemarie Schlemiel, I read it straight through, then re-read it, almost in its entirety, fascinated. Muslim World (Cap Town) An excellent introduction to the subject and very well written. There is a freshness, clarity and gripping suspense throughout the book As a test in the how and the why and the when of various interrelationship Koranic and Prophetic traditions It is enlightening and authoritative Our authors familiarity with all the complicated inter-family links of tribal Arabia gives us the certainty that he knows his material thoroughly This work should be translated into Arabic so that the Arab world may drink from it. The Islamic Quarterly The great book is a classic. With the magic of his pen, the author makes all the historical personalities of his book come alive The skill of narration is enhanced throughout the book with the most regal and dignified English, inspiring the sense of majestic grandeur essential for any literary work dealing with Divine and Eternal Truths. Seyyed Hossein Nasr in Parabola Muhammad is a true work of art, as enthralling and engrossing as the best of novels with the difference that this is no fiction but fact. For those interested in Islam in one way or another, it is mesmerizing. Hamid Algar in Religious Studies Review Despite the vastness of the subject, this biography makes easy and absorbing reading for anyone interested in religion as such. While remaining close to the Arabic sources he cities, Lings show himself able to render Arabic speech incomprehensible and idiomatic English that is neither markedly archaic nor jarringly contemporary, thus conveying what is, for Muslims, the essential timelessness of the events related. Before the appearance of this book, Western languages lacked almost entirely a comprehensive and authentic account of the life of the Prophet Muhammad Now, Lings, has produced a superb narrative that, in its sobriety and dignity of style and its scrupulous and exhaustive fidelity to authentic and reliable sources, constitutes a major addition to Islamic literature in English.
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