• Includes important additions about the prophet’s spread of
Islam into Syria and its neighboring states • Contains original
English translations from 8th and 9th century biographies,
presented in authoritative language • Represents the final
updates made on the text before the author’s death in 2005
Martin Lings’ biography of Muhammad is an internationally
acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life
of the prophet. Based on the sira, the eighth- and ninth-century
Arabic biographies that recount numerous events in the prophet’s
life, it contains original English translations of many
important passages that reveal the words of men and women who
heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life.
Scrupulous and exhaustive in its fidelity to its sources,
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is presented in
a narrative style that is easily comprehensible, yet authentic
and inspiring in its use of language, reflecting both the
simplicity and grandeur of the story it tells. Th