


His other works inlude three books on Islamic mysticism, The Secret of Shakespeare, Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstition, and The Koranic Arts of Calligraphy and Illumination. He has participated in several international Islamic councils and conferences. He lectured for twelve years at Cairo University, and has served as Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts at the British Museum. About the Author(s) of Muhammad Martin Lings holds degrees from both Oxford and London University. It owes its freshness and directness of approach to the words of the men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life. This is the definitive, objective biography of the Prophet, drawn from primary Arabic sources of the 8th and 9th centuries, and includes passages never before translated. It is estimated that there are now between 4 and 7 million Muslims in the U.S.

Muhammad His Life Based on the Earliest Sources By (author) Martin Lings This is the first paperback edition of this important work, which sold 7,500 copies in the cloth edition • The Muslim population of the U.S.
