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Muhammad

By Martin Lings

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Inner Traditions, 2006.

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Muhammad

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One of the highest acclaimed narratives in English about the Prophet of Islam, meticulously researched and utilizing primary sources from the eighth and ninth centuries to tell the comprehensive life story of the Arabic Messenger of God.

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Who should read Muhammad

Muslims • historians • religious scholars • biography lovers • those who want to learn more about Islam • anyone who enjoys stories about fascinating figures

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Martin Lings was an internationally renowned British scholar and writer who published works on Sufism, Islam, and Shakespeare. He studied at Oxford University under author C.S. Lewis, then obtained graduate degrees at the University of London. Lings made many contributions to the journal Studies in Comparative Literature and published twelve books, among them Muhammad, which has been hailed as the best biography of the Prophet written in English.

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