06-02-2003, 05:45 AM
To Whisper: The title of the book is:
[b:c34d9e23f9]'MUHAMMAD his life based on the earliest sources.'[/b:c34d9e23f9]
Author: Martin Lings
Brief synopsys: [i:c34d9e23f9]Before the appearance of this book, Westren languages lacked almost entirely a comprehensive and authentic account of the life of the Prophet Muhammad.....Now, Lings had produced a superb narritive that, in it's scrupulous and exhustive fidelity to authentic and reliable sources, constitutes a major addition to Islamic literature in English. While remaining close to the Arab sources he cites, Lings shows himself able to render Arabic speech in comprehensible and idiomatic English that is neither markedly archaic nor jarringly contemporary, thus conveying what is, for most Muslims, the essential timelessness of the events related. Highly recommended[/i:c34d9e23f9]
---Hamid Algar in [i:c34d9e23f9]Religious Studies Review[/i:c34d9e23f9]
[i:c34d9e23f9]Despite the vastness of this subject, this biography makes easy and absorbing reading for anyone interested in religions as such. For those interested in Islam in one way or the other it is mesmerising. [/i:c34d9e23f9]
---Seyyed Hossein Nasr in [i:c34d9e23f9]Parabola[/i:c34d9e23f9]
You can get it right through Amazon or Barnes and Noble.