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Recommend me a concise secular biography of the Prophet Mohammed?
I want to know more about the life story of Mohammed from a secular point of view. Can anyone recommend me a good book?
Let me define, by secular I mean the facts not propaganda. I'm not interested in his teachings or if he was really a prophet or not I just want to know more about his life and what he actually did.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
To be balanced in the approach I would recommend reading a book by a non-Muslim and a book by a Muslim, and weigh the arguments.
For a concise bio, I'd recommend: Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong (The author is an ex-nun and I believe has no religious affiliation now).
Or, 'The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad' by Lesley Hazelton (She is an agnostic Jew).
For a good biography by a Muslim, I would recommend: "Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources" by Martin Lings.
Or, for a slightly more secular leaning work by a Muslim (Although it's not concise), "The Life of Muhammad" by Muhammad Husayn Haykal.
Salaam/Peace.
- RengleLv 58 years ago
see - if you want - these articles ...
The Prophet Muhammad
http://www.islamreligion.com/category/82/
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This Is Muhammad
Source(s): Muslim
