Muhammad : his life based on the earliest sources / by Martin Lings.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Saeed International, c1983.Description: viii, 359 p. : map ; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297/.63 B 19
LOC classification:
  • BP 75 .L56 1983
Contents:
Contents:
House of God -- A Great loss -- Quraysh of the hollow -- Recovery of a loss -- Vow to sacrifice a son -- Need for a prophet -- Year of the elephant -- Desert -- Two bereavements -- Bahīrà the monk -- Pact of chivalry -- Questions of marriage -- Household -- Rebuilding of the Ka'bah -- First Revelations -- Worship -- "Warn Thy Family" -- Quraysh take action -- Aws and Khazraj -- Abū Jahl and Ḥamzah -- Quraysh make offers and demands -- Leaders of Quraysh -- Wonderment and hope -- Family divisions -- Hour -- Three questions -- Abyssinia -- 'Umar -- Ban and its annulment -- Paradise and eternity -- Year of sadness -- "The Light of Thy Countenance" -- After the Year of Sadness -- Yathrib responsive -- Many emigrations -- Conspiracy -- Hijrah -- Entry into Medina -- Harmony and discord -- New household -- Threshold of war -- March to Badr -- Battle of Badr -- Return of the vanquished -- Captives page -- Bani Qaynuqā' -- Deaths and marriages -- People of the bench -- Desultory warfare -- Preparations for battle -- March to Uhud -- Battle of Uhud -- Revenge -- Burial of martyrs -- After Uhud -- Victims of revenge -- Bani Naḍīr -- Peace and war -- Trench -- Siege -- Bani Qurayẓah -- After the siege -- Hypocrites -- Necklace -- Lie -- Dilemma of Quraysh -- "A Clear Victory" -- After Ḥudaybiyah -- Khaybar -- "Whom Lovest Thou Most?" -- After Khaybar -- Lesser Pilgrimage and its aftermath -- Deaths and the promise of a birth -- A Breach of the armistice -- Conquest of Mecca -- Battle of Ḥunayn and the Siege of Ṭā'if -- Reconciliations -- After the victory -- Tabūk -- After Tabūk -- Degrees -- Future -- Farewell pilgrimage -- Choice -- Succession and the burial -- Map of Arabia -- Quraysh of the Hollow (genealogical tree) -- Notes on the pronunciation of Arabic names
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BP 75 .L56 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA000929 Available AUA000929

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

House of God --
A Great loss --
Quraysh of the hollow --
Recovery of a loss --
Vow to sacrifice a son --
Need for a prophet --
Year of the elephant --
Desert --
Two bereavements --
Bahīrà the monk --
Pact of chivalry --
Questions of marriage --
Household --
Rebuilding of the Ka'bah --
First Revelations --
Worship --
"Warn Thy Family" --
Quraysh take action --
Aws and Khazraj --
Abū Jahl and Ḥamzah --
Quraysh make offers and demands --
Leaders of Quraysh --
Wonderment and hope --
Family divisions --
Hour --
Three questions --
Abyssinia --
'Umar --
Ban and its annulment --
Paradise and eternity --
Year of sadness --
"The Light of Thy Countenance" --
After the Year of Sadness --
Yathrib responsive --
Many emigrations --
Conspiracy --
Hijrah --
Entry into Medina --
Harmony and discord --
New household --
Threshold of war --
March to Badr --
Battle of Badr --
Return of the vanquished --
Captives page --
Bani Qaynuqā' --
Deaths and marriages --
People of the bench --
Desultory warfare --
Preparations for battle --
March to Uhud --
Battle of Uhud --
Revenge --
Burial of martyrs --
After Uhud --
Victims of revenge --
Bani Naḍīr --
Peace and war --
Trench --
Siege --
Bani Qurayẓah --
After the siege --
Hypocrites --
Necklace --
Lie --
Dilemma of Quraysh --
"A Clear Victory" --
After Ḥudaybiyah --
Khaybar --
"Whom Lovest Thou Most?" --
After Khaybar --
Lesser Pilgrimage and its aftermath --
Deaths and the promise of a birth --
A Breach of the armistice --
Conquest of Mecca --
Battle of Ḥunayn and the Siege of Ṭā'if --
Reconciliations --
After the victory --
Tabūk --
After Tabūk --
Degrees --
Future --
Farewell pilgrimage --
Choice --
Succession and the burial --
Map of Arabia --
Quraysh of the Hollow (genealogical tree) --
Notes on the pronunciation of Arabic names