Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the English language, Martin Lings’
Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources
is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth
centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the
first time, it owes the freshness and directness of its approach to the
words of men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events
of his life.
Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. He has adopted a
style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the
simplicity and grandeur of the story. The result is a book which will be
read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Muhammad’s
life and those coming to it for the first time.
Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources was given
an award by the government of Pakistan, and selected as the best
biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in
Islamabad in 1983.