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Lings seems to use accounts of certain events that aren't even the most well-known, much less the most authenticated. The author Martin Lings was a Muslim convert and Arabic speaker who spent formative years in Cairo and earned a Ph. Although one can argue that the author's interpretation is more of a work of piety than historical work, it is still a historical work in its own way (Like its accurate and detail description about the lifestyle of the Bedouins, their tradition, their ethics and their culture among others). When he satirized Muhammad to a point when he could not bear it anymore, Muhammad asked his companions who would like to put Ka'b to death. This is one of the most detailed Biographies of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم that I've read so far.Therefore, it must be understood that his rendering of the Prophet's (PBUH) narrative was a work of piety, and not necessarily one of historical scholarship.

You may be more knowledgeable and say, "No no, it happened, it is in the Sira, the biography of Muhammad". Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the English language, Martin Lings’ Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources is unlike any other. I can't comprehend how anyone with an objective mind could ever praise this book to an English non-Muslim audience living in the 21st Century. Some of them kept the collected hair until they died and some reverently pressed his hair against their eyes and face. That would be to then overlook the massive amount of false recordings of Muhammad that emerged during and after his death.

In 1990, after the book had attracted the attention of Azhar University, Lings received a decoration from Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The book has been published in twelve languages and has received numerous awards, including acknowledgment as best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad. An enthralling story that combines impeccable scholarship with a rare sense of the sacred worthy of his subject. I really liked the narrative structure of this book, as well as the relative wealth of information included for a single volume, but I did have a few nitpicks about it.

Based on the sira, the eighth- and ninth-century Arabic biographies that recount numerous events in the prophet’s life, it contains original English translations of many important passages that reveal the words of men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life. Kisah-kisahnya mungkin sudah banyak diceritakan tapi di sini lebih terstruktur dan komprehensif, kita bisa mengetahui awal dan sebab turunnya suatu ayat, juga diperkenalkan dengan karakter suku-suku di Arab terutama suku Quraish. Once they had realized this, however, some of their leading men went in a body to Abu Talib, to insist that he should restrain his nephew's activities. Hamza Yusuf hails this work as "one of the great biographies of the English language," praising "the historical accuracy of the text and the providential care so evident in the author's choice of versions as well as the underlying structure of the story as he chose to tell it. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is a 1983 biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by Martin Lings.Incensed at this, the prophet declared that “he did us injury and wrote poetry against us and none of you shall do this but he shall be put to the sword” (p. Lings' sources have been the words of men and women who heard Muhammad (may God's peace and blessings be upon him) speak and witnessed his life. Though written in an archaic style, it is comparatively new, having published for the first time in 1983. The book requires some focus in the beginning as the reader will encounter many characters but then it will be easy once you have focused already. You were sure therefore, that this writing by a converted Muslim would make you better understand the faith and its prophet.

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