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Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources Author: Abu Bakar Sirajuddin (Martin Lings) In 1983, the book was selected as the best biography of Muhammad in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad. This book was also given an award by the government of Pakistan. In 1990, after the book had attracted the attention of Azhar University, Lings received a decoration from Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Product Description "Lings provides a wealth of detail on the Life of Muhammad, the time and place of many Koranic revelations, and the foundation of Islam, all based exclusively on 8th- and 9th-century Arabic biographical sources and collections of the sayings attributed to Muhammad. General readers will find a well-written, straightforward chronological narrative; Muslim readers will appreciate the favorable treatment of Muhammad; while specialists will find a faithful and convenient rendering of source material." (Joseph Gardner, California State Univ. Lib., Northridge Library Journal ) "this revised edition incorporates the author s final updates made before his 2005 death and contains numerous important additions about modern Islam; so even if you have a prior volume, don t miss this." (Diane C. Donovan, California Bookwatch, Feb 2007 )

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