The Life of the Gentile Prophet (sws) - Ḥayāt-i Rasūl-i Ummī

Author: Khalid Masud

Translated by: Nikhat Sattar

Mr. Masud’s seminal work is unique in several ways. It is probably one of its kind to have relied heavily on the Qur’ān to demonstrate the context of various incidents in the life of the Prophet (sws). It is thus interspersed with verses of the Qur’ān that explain how and why these events happened. The biography also avoids popular, but doubtful stories that remain unproven. Some of the popular narrations, both by Muslim scholars and Orientalists, have been analysed from a rational point of view. It has been left to the reader to arrive at her/his own conclusions......