Muhammad at Mecca (book)
Encyclopedia
Muhammad at Mecca is a book about the Islam
ic prophet Muhammad
's life in Mecca written by the non-Muslim
Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt
.
It was first released by Oxford University Press
in 1953.
Muhammad at Medina
is its sequel.
Islam
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ic prophet Muhammad
Muhammad
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's life in Mecca written by the non-Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt
William Montgomery Watt
William Montgomery Watt was a Scottish historian, an Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh...
.
It was first released by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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in 1953.
Muhammad at Medina
Muhammad at Medina (book)
Muhammad at Medina is a book about Islam written by the non-Muslim Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt. Oxford University Press, 1956. It is the sequel to Muhammad at Mecca....
is its sequel.
Contents
- Introduction
- I. The Arabian Background
- 1. Economic Basis
- 2. Meccan Politics
- 3. The Social and Moral Background
- 4. The Religious and Intellectual Background
- II. Muhammad's Early Life and Prophetical Call
- 1. Muhammad's Ancestry
- 2. Birth and Early Years
- 3. Marriage with Khadijah
- 4. The Call to be a Prophet
- 5. The Form of Muhammad's Prophetic Consciousness
- 6. The Chronology of the Meccan Period
- III. The Primary Message
- 1. The Dating of the Qur'an
- 2. The Contents of the Early Passages
- 3. The Relevance of the Message to the Contemporary Situation
- 4. Further Reflections
- IV. The First Muslims
- 1. Traditional Accounts of the Early Converts
- 2. Survey of the Eariest Muslims
- 3. The Appeal of Muhammad's Message
- V. The Growth of Opposition
- 1. The Beginning of Opposition; the 'Satanic Verses'
- 2. The Abyssinian Affair
- 3. The Manoeuvres of the Opposition
- 4. The Witness of the Qur'an
- 5. The Leaders of the Opposition and their Motives
- VI. Expanding Horizons
- 1. The Deterioration in Muhammad's Position
- 2. The Visit to at-Ta'if
- 3. Approaches to the Nomadic Tribes
- 4. Negotiations with Medina
- 5. The Hijrah
- 6. The Meccan Achievement
- Excursus
- A. The Ahabish
- B. Arabian Monotheism and Judaeo-Christian Influence
- C. The Hanifs
- D. Tazakka, &c.
- E. List of Meccan Muslims and Pagans
- F. The Traditions of 'Urwah
- G. The Emigration to Abyssinia; the various Lists
- H. The Return of the Emigrants from Abyssinia
- Index
Editions
- 1993: Kazi Pubns Inc, ISBN 0-19-577277-6
- 2004: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-577278-4