Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

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Martin Lings (1909-2005) was a renowned British scholar with degrees in English and Arabic from London University and Oxford University. There is a freshness, clarity and gripping suspense throughout the book… As a text in the how and the why and the when of various revelations—both Koranic and Prophetic traditions—it is enlightening and authoritative… Our author’s familiarity with all the complicated inter-family links of tribal Arabia gives us the certainty that he knows his material thoroughly… This work should be translated into Arabic so that the whole Arab world may drink from it. Tanpa menyadari ada banyak hal yang membuat mereka tidak mau menerima Islam dan memusuhi Muhammad dan para pengikutnya. The book also includes excerpts from original English translations of speeches by men and women who lived close to Muhammad, heard him speak, witnessed his actions, witnessed the way he interacted with situations and witnessed events he encountered throughout various stages of his life.

His contribution to Shakespeare scholarship was to point out the deeper esoteric meanings found in Shakespeare's plays, and the spirituality of Shakespeare himself.The author wanted to be known by his adopted Muslim name in later life, but the publishers of this book continues to use his old Christian name as some kind of a ruse to attract people belonging to other religions. Membaca buku ini kita dapat merasa lebih dekat dengan Nabi Muhammad SAW, menyegarkan kita untuk mengingat sejarah dan perjuangan beliau. Although one can argue that the author's interpretation is more of a work of piety than historical work, it is still a historical work in its own way (Like its accurate and detail description about the lifestyle of the Bedouins, their tradition, their ethics and their culture among others).

While his thesis work on Ahmad al-Alawi had been well-regarded, his most famous work was a biography of Muhammad, written in 1983, which earned him acclaim in the Muslim world and prizes from the governments of Pakistan and Egypt. The story is easy to follow partly because of Barrett's clear voice but mostly because of the simplicity of the narrative. Lings illustrates these examples from the start of Islam, which he states to be founded “on the basis of the ritual purification and prayer” (47) through the establishment of the ideal community at Medina. He (PBUH) is the most influential person who has ever walked on Earth and has the second largest number of followers throughout the world till date.H]e did us injury and wrote poetry against us; and none of you shall do this but he shall be put to the sword — Muhammad, in reply to complains about Ashraf's murder. When he satirized Muhammad to a point when he could not bear it anymore, Muhammad asked his companions who would like to put Ka'b to death. You also noticed how the incident of the satanic verses was altogether omitted, as if it was not a significant event in Islam's history. You may be more knowledgeable and say, "No no, it happened, it is in the Sira, the biography of Muhammad".