Includes important additions about the prophet's spread of Islam into Syria and its neighboring states He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and member of its council and also a member of the British Museum Society.A revised edition of the internationally acclaimed biography of the prophet His Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources has been acclaimed as the best biography of the Prophet. He was also the author of several articles for the new Encyclopaedia of Islam, of the article on Sufism in the latest edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and participated in various Islamic conferences form time to time. He is the author of The Sacred Art of Shakespeare, Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions, The Eleventh Hour, Symbol & Archetype, The Book of Certainty (the Sufi Doctrines of Faith, Vision and Gnosis), A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century, What is Sufism? and Sufi Poems: A Mediaeval Anthology. He later returned to England and took a degree in Arabic at London University and subsequently joined the staff of the British Museum where he was Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts until his retirement in 1973. After four years, he went to Egypt and was given a lectureship in English Literature at Cairo University where he lectured mainly on Shakespeare. In 1935, he went to Lithuania where he lectured on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English at the University of Kaunus. After a classical education, he read English at Oxford where he was a pupil and later a close friend of C. Martin Lings (1909-2005) was born in Burnage, Lancashire. Now, Lings has produced a superb narrative that, in its sobriety and dignity of style and its scrupulous and exhaustive fidelity to authentic and reliable sources, constitutes a major addition to Islamic literature in English.” - Religious Studies Review Martin Lings “Before the appearance of this book, Western languages lacked almost entirely a comprehensive and authentic account of the life and the Prophet Muhammad. The result is something that can 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 the men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life. Martin Ling’s Life of Muhammad is unlike any other.

There is no exchange or refunds on books. It is still readable but there may be damages to the cover and marks on the paper. Please note: This book is discounted due to damage from the shipment. By Martin Lings, Suhail Academy, Hardback, 374 pages

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