Muhammad :
Lings, Martin.
Muhammad : his life based on the earliest sources / by Martin Lings. - Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2006. - 374 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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
1594771537 (pbk.) 9781594771538 (pbk.)
2007279734
Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632 --Biography.
Muslims--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
BP 75 / .L56 2006
Muhammad : his life based on the earliest sources / by Martin Lings. - Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2006. - 374 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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
1594771537 (pbk.) 9781594771538 (pbk.)
2007279734
Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632 --Biography.
Muslims--Saudi Arabia--Biography.
BP 75 / .L56 2006