The Life of MuhammadSirat Rasul Allah (Life of the Messenger of God) or al-Sirat al-Nabawiyah (Prophetic biography) is the Arabic term used for the various traditional Muslim biographies of Muhammad, from which most historical information about his life and the early period of Islam is derived. Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah is the earliest surviving traditional biography, and was written just over 100 years after Muhammad's death. It survives in the later editions of Ibn Hisham and al-Tabari. The translator used Ibn Hisham's abridgement and also included many additions and variants found in the writings of early authors. The book thus presents in English practically all that is known of the life of the Prophet. In the introduction, the translator discusses the character of the Sira in the light of the opinion of early Arabian scholars, noting especially the difficulties of the poetry. As the earliest monument of Arabian prose literature, the Sira remains a work of the first importance. |
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... Yaman . ) Abraha paid blood - money for killing Aryat . ( T. All this happened without the knowledge of the Negus . ) + When the news of this affair reached the Negus he was filled with rage and said : ' Has he attacked my amir and ...
... Yaman . ) Abraha paid blood - money for killing Aryat . ( T. All this happened without the knowledge of the Negus . ) + When the news of this affair reached the Negus he was filled with rage and said : ' Has he attacked my amir and ...
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... Yaman . 42 THE JOURNEY OF SAYF B. DHỦ YAZAN AND THE RULE OF WAHRIZ IN THE YAMAN When the people of the Yaman had long endured oppression , Sayf b . Dhū Yazan the Himyarite , who was known as Abū Murra , went to the Byzantine emperor and ...
... Yaman . 42 THE JOURNEY OF SAYF B. DHỦ YAZAN AND THE RULE OF WAHRIZ IN THE YAMAN When the people of the Yaman had long endured oppression , Sayf b . Dhū Yazan the Himyarite , who was known as Abū Murra , went to the Byzantine emperor and ...
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... YAMAN Wahriz and the Persians dwelt in the Yaman , and the Abna ' who are in the Yaman today are descended from the survivors of that Persian army . The period of Abyssinian domination from the entry of Aryaț to the death of Masruq ibn ...
... YAMAN Wahriz and the Persians dwelt in the Yaman , and the Abna ' who are in the Yaman today are descended from the survivors of that Persian army . The period of Abyssinian domination from the entry of Aryaț to the death of Masruq ibn ...
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A'isha Abbās Abdu Manaf Abdu Shams Abdu'l-Muṭṭalib Abdu'l-Raḥmān Abdullah Abū Abu Bakr Abū Jahl Abu Sufyan Abū Ubayda accepted Islam Adiy al-Ḥārith al-Khazraj al-Lāt al-Mughira al-Ta'if al-Walid al-Zubayr al-Zuhri Allah ally Amir Anṣār apostle apostle of God apostle's Arabs Asad asked Badr battle believe brother brought called camels clan companions death enemy father fight gave Ghanm God's Ḥarām Haritha Hashim Hassan heard Hisham horses Ibn Abbās Islam Ja'far Jews Ka'b Ka'ba Khalid Khaybar Khazraj Khuza'a killed Kināna Lord Lu'ayy Mālik Manāt means Mecca Medina mosque mother Muhammad Murra Muslims Naufal night polytheists prayed prayer prophet Qays Quran Quraysh Qurayza Quṣayy Rabi'a raid religion replied returned Sa'd Sa'id Salama sent down concerning sons Sulaym Sūra sword Tha'laba Thābit Thaqif told took tribe truth Ubayy Uḥud Umar Umayr Umayya Urwa Utba Uthman verses Wahb weep words Yaman Yazid Zayd