Beschreibung:
Martin Lings, formerly Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts in the British Museum and the British Library, is the author of four works on Islamic mysticism, 'A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century', 'What is Sufism?', 'Sufi Poems' and 'The Book of Certainty', all published by the Islamic Texts Society.
Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet in the English language. This book will be read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Muhammad's life and those coming to it for the first time.
A Selection from the Table of Contents. Chapter 1: The House of God; Chapter 7: The Year of the Elephant; Chapter 14: The Rebuilding of the Kabah; Chapter 31: The Year of Sadness; Chapter 37: The Hijrah; Chapter 43: The Battle of Badr; Chapter 67: A Clear Victory; Chapter 72: The Lesser Pilgrimage and its Aftermath; Chapter 75: The Conquest of Mecca; Chapter 83: The Farewell Pilgrimage; Chapter 85: The Succession and Burial; Map of Arabia. Quraysh (Genealogy Tree).