Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

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Lings’ thoroughly confused attempt at forcing those of the right, the righteous, the slaves of God and the foremost into his own special concept of a spiritual hierarchy (LXXXI, 329, 2) stems from a similar penchant for speculative originality in disregard of qualified sources. a b c d Martin, Douglas (29 May 2005). "Martin Lings, a Sufi Writer on Islamic Ideas, Dies at 96". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 1 April 2016. Lings was born in Burnage, Manchester, in 1909 to a Protestant family. [2] The young Lings gained an introduction to travelling at a young age, spending significant time in the United States because of his father's employment. Lings attended Clifton College [3] and went on to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a BA in English Language and Literature. At Magdalen, he was a student and then a close friend of C. S. Lewis. After graduating from Oxford Lings went to Vytautas Magnus University, in Lithuania, where he taught Anglo-Saxon and Middle English. [2]

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In 1983, the book was selected as the best biography of Muhammad in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad. This book was also given "National Seerah Award" by the government of Pakistan. [14] [15] [16] There are variations of the Prophet Muhammad's biography, depending on what sources are used. This is to be expected. But Martin Lings is a very honest author, and he does little to inject his own opinion into the biography gathered from these sources. That is the true value of this book - composing the traditions about the Prophet Muhammad into a timeline, and helping give the reader a deep and connected context of what caused different events to occur.

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I would not hesitate to say that it feels that the less has been put into research and more has been added by borrowing form different books. Following are some of the key areas where writer has been flawed: adalah tuan rumah bagi segenap peziarah ka’bah yang hadir di Makkah tiap tahunnya. Kekuasaan tersebut dilandasi oleh peristiwa sejarah bahwa Abdul Muthalib lah yang menemukan sumber air zam-zam pada masa mudanya. Kita barangkali bertanya, apa yang dimaksud dengan kenyataan bahwa Abdul Muthalib menemukan sumur zam-zam? Bukankah sumur tersebut adalah mata air yang keluar dari hentakan kaki bayi Isma’il a.s.? Buku ini menjelaskan secara gamblang tentang perpindahan kekuasaan dari klan satu ke klan yang lain terkait dengan “copy right” sumur zam-zam tersebut. Dengan detail pula bercerita tentang satu klan yang kemudian menyembunyikannya dengan menimbunnya hingga hilang selama beberapa generasi dan ditemukan kembali oleh Abdul Muthalib. Siapakah yang menyembunyikan dan apa motif di baliknya? Jawabannya dapat kita temukan dalam buku ini. Buku ini juga memiliki kekhususan dalam hal penyebutan detail nama orang yang masuk dalam ruang sejarah Muhammad. Keterkaitan antara nama-nama penting yang telah kita kenal dalam sejarah islam secara klan disampaikan secara detail dalam buku ini. Misalnya bagaimana hubungan kekerabatan klan antara Muhammad dengan putra angkatnya Zaid bin Haritsah yang sebelumnya merupakan budak keluarga Khadijah. Buku ini juga memuat bagan silsilah para pendiri Klan keturunan Fihr yang kemudian dikenal sebagai Quraisy, asal nama dari sebuah suku besar yang mendiami lembah Bakkah (Makkah). Detail inilah yang nantinya akan membawa kita dalam membangun gambaran utuh mengenai kehidupan Rasulullah teladan umat manusia. Otentitisitas karya ini juga dapat dirasakan melalui penukilan langsung dari berbagai karya klasik terkait dengan ucapan lisan setiap tokohnya. Demikian juga ucapan yang disampaikan oleh lisan Muhammad, maka dalam rangkaian narasi yang disampaikan Lings dalam buku ini dapat ditemukan mutiara-mutiara hadits yang diambil langsung dari kitab aslinya, mulai dari Shahih Bukhari dan Muslim, Sunan Tirmidzi, Ibnu Hanbal, Nasa’i, Abu Dawud dan Ibnu Majah. Sebagaimana yang dituliskan Lings terkait dengan ungkapan Rasulullah di tengah perang Badar, Bergembiralah Abu Bakr! Pertolongan Allah pasti datang kepada kita. Jibril telah hadir, tangannya memegang tali kendali kuda yang ia tunggangi, dan ia akan berperang bersama kita.” Ungkapan tersebut dinukil langsung oleh Lings dari Kitab Shahih Bukhari Bab ke 64, hadits ke-10. Hal lain yang istimewa dari buku ini menurut saya adalah bagaimana Lings menuturkan asbabun nuzul dari ayat-ayat tertentu yang relevan dengan kejadian pada masa Rasulullah. Pola yang demikian menjadi satu nilai tambah bagi pembaca dalam memahami bagaimana konteks sejarah yang menyelimuti suatu ayat sehingga kemudian ia diturunkan. Sehingga tafsir yang dimunculkan terkait dengan ayat tersebut tidak kemudian tercerabut dari konteksnya. Bagi generasi sekarang, boleh jadi ayat-ayat yang dihafal atau diketahuinya tidak dilengkapi dengan pemahaman yang matang tentang bagaimana latar belakang historis turunnya ayat tersebut. Contoh yang dijelaskan oleh Lings dalam buku ini misalnya ayat tentang pengetahuan, “Dan seandainya pohon-pohon di bumi menjadi pena dan laut menjadi tinta, ditambahkan kepadanya tujuh laut lagi sesudah keringnya, niscaya tidak akan habis-habisnya kalimat Allah dituliskan” (Q.S. 31: 27). Turunnya ayat tersebut diceritakan terkait dengan pertanyaan kaum Yahudi mengenai pengetahuan di tengah kegalauan mereka akan keyakinan bahwa Taurat yang diwariskan kepada mereka telah memuat seluruh pengetahuan yang ada. Hal ini setelah Upon its first edition, the book was subject to criticism by some Muslims who decried the "Perennialist poison" in the book. The author gave public answer in a Saudi newspaper to the objections. [13] Awards [ edit ]

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Hamza Yusuf hails this work as "one of the great biographies of the English language," praising "the historical accuracy of the text and the providential care so evident in the author's choice of versions as well as the underlying structure of the story as he chose to tell it." He also reports from Lings how while writing this book, "he was overwhelmed with the presence of the Prophet during the entire time and felt a great blessing in having been able to complete it." [7]Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008 . Retrieved 6 February 2007. Yahya, Khalid A. "Review of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, by M. Lings". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 19 (1): 68-69. Review by Dr Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University. Quoted by Reza Shah-Kazemi in "A Truly Holy Soul", Q-News no. 363, June 2005 [ permanent dead link].

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This work is widely recognized as the most readable account of the life of the Prophet to date." ( The Times, London) Lings uses a more archaic style of English to depict conversations and translations of the Qur'an, which helps slows down the rapid flow of the narration. The focus in the book is less about the teachings of Islam and more about Muhammad. [3] 1991 edition [ edit ] In 1939, Lings went to Cairo, Egypt, to visit a friend who was an assistant of René Guénon. Soon after arriving in Cairo, his friend died and Lings began studying Arabic. Cairo became his home for over a decade; he became an English language teacher at the University of Cairo and produced Shakespeare plays annually. [5] Lings married Lesley Smalley in 1944 and lived with her in a village near the pyramids. [6] Despite having settled comfortably in Egypt, Lings was forced to leave in 1952 after anti-British disturbances. [7] Lings in 1948.

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is a 1983 biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by Martin Lings.