
Sending Prayers upon the Prophet : Rulings, Virtues & Benefits 7. Beautiful Life of Muhammad (S) Third Edition 2020, By Pirzada [A 6. Prophet's Night Journey & Heavenly Ascent: Ibn Alawi al-Maliki 5. Muhammad The Last Prophet: A Model for all Times: AHA Nadwi 4. OUR MASTER MUHAMMAD THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH -Vol 2: Imam Abdullah 3. OUR MASTER MUHAMMAD THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH -Vol 1: Imam Abdullah 2. He is also a Muslim scholar and has written various books in the fields of Traditional Islam and Sufism.īestsellers 1. Martin Lings has been a Muslim for more than 50 years. From 1970-74 he was Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books at the British Museum (in 1973 his Department became part of the British Library) where he had been in special charge of the Qur’an manuscripts, amongst other treasures.ĭr. In 1952 he returned to England and took a degree in Arabic at London University. His interest in Islam and in Arabic took him to Egypt in 1939, and in the following year he was given a lectureship in Cairo University. Took an English degree at Oxford university. Martin Lings born in Lancashire, England in 1909. Chapter 72 : The Lesser Pilgrimage and its Aftermath.Chapter 14 : The Rebuilding of the Ka’bah.In 1990, after the book had attracted the attention of the Azhar University in Cairo, the author received a decoration from President Mubarak. Since then it has been published in French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Dutch, Malay and Tamil, and is shortly to be published in Arabic, German, Urdu, Sindi and Sinhalese. This book was awarded a prize by the government of Pakistan, and selected as the best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference held in 1983 at Islamabad. 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. He has adopted a style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the simplicity and grandeur of the story. Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it 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’ life of Muhammad is unlike any other. The Islamic Texts Society (ITS), Cambridge, UKĪcclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet in the English language. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, Martin Lings
