This revised edition, which represents the final updates made to the text before the author's death in 2005, incorporates important additions about the Prophet's expanding influence and his spreading of the message of Islam into Syria and its neighboring states.Martin Lings (1909-2005) was a renowned British scholar with degrees in English and Arabic from London University and Oxford University. 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. 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.Scrupulous and exhaustive in its fidelity to its sources, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is presented in a narrative style that is easily comprehensible, yet authentic and inspiring in its use of language, reflecting both the simplicity and grandeur of the story it tells. RELIGION / ISLAM'This work is widely recognized as the most readable account of the life of the Prophet to date.'-Times of London'For those interested in Islam in one way or another, it is mesmerizing.'-ParabolaMartin Lings's biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life of the Prophet. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. 'Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources' was selected as the best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad in 1983. 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. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, 'Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources' 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' gift for narrative, and his adoption of a style which is extremely readable, allows both the simplicity and grandeur of the story to shine through. 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.

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