The Life of Mohammad from Original Sources eBook William Muir
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Sir William Muir, (27 April 1819 – 11 July 1905) was a Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator. He specialised in the history of the time of Muhammad and the early caliphate.
The Life of Mohammad from Original Sources eBook William Muir
Sir William Muir KCSI 1819 to 1905 Principal of Edinburgh University 1885-1903. He was an oreintalist specializing in the history of Mohammad and subsequent caliphates. He served as an assistant prefect in Agra, and was knighted in 1864 where he subsequently instituted the construction of Allahabad University in India.His original book "The life of Mohammad" was initially published 1861 in four volume tomes in which every detail was irrefragably proven to be a true fact in translating the Muslim Scholars; Al-Wakidi, At-Tabari and Ibn Ishak, the initial writers of the Hadiths. The works of Al-Bukhari were originally accepted but later rejected when closer historical investigation found many of his issues to be historically in error.
The multitude of writing in the original volumes were, in fact, references, footnotes, appendices, quotes and et.al., directly translated from the Sacred Scipture and accepted Hadiths or Traditions. His references from the Koran are clearly reflected in my two reference Korans by the much later interpreters, Dawood and Pickthall, both devoted and faithful Muslims.
In 1923, however, T.H.Weir edited and condensed the four volumes to one, leaving out many of the evidenciary verifications of many of the historically pertinent facts. One point that Muir makes clear is that the Koran and referenced Traditions in the words spoken by Mohammad are unequivocally accurate.
To read and understand this book, you will need Dawood's Koran and a good on line dictionary since some of the words are quite archaic. Nevertheless, this is a book that needs to be read and understood before shooting off fly traps about Islam.
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The Life of Mohammad from Original Sources eBook William Muir Reviews
This book is written in a very crude and negative tone towards the Prophet. It has many flaws but no unique quality. I would like to address these flaws as following
1. The book uses quotations but hardly uses reference to cite those quotations. Since Mr. Muir was not present at the time of the Prophet- he should have cited the source for his information.
2. The very fact Mr. Muir was not Muslim; he could not grasp the ideology of Islam. He depicts the decisions of the Prophet as of some common leader who would usurp his power. He does not just stop at this in fact he uses the twist of the English language to magnify his distortions of the facts by adding dramatic adverbs. To make things interesting for his audience (for the record I exclude myself from such) he describes the scenarios as if he was there. This eliminates the sense of legitimacy of the work.
3. Finally, Mr. Muir does not seem to have command over neither the Quran nor the Hadith (the sayings of the Prophet), which hinders his capacity to justifiably comment on the early Islamic times.
Over and over again I become utterly surprised when I see works on the Islamic history written by western historians who not only repeat but also invent the information. There are but a few authentic sources left intact on the Islamic history, and the student of Islamic history should use those to investigate. The rest of the works by authors such as Muir, Glubb, Madelung and Margoliouth should be only used as supplementary sources and for the purposes of critique or case studies.
I recommend to the students of the Islamic history to read the original sources such as the works of Ibn Ishaq (Life of Muhammad), Ibn Sa'ad (Tibaqat ibn Sa'ad), Ibn Khaldun (Tariek Ibn Khaldun), Al Tabari (History of the Prophets), Al Waqqidi (Kitab al Maghazi), Al Masoodi, Ibn Kasier, Al Sayuti (The Khalifaa who took the Right Path), Ibn Khalqqan, Al Bladhuri (The Origins of the Islamic State) and last but not least the four major works of Traditions or the sayings of the Prophet Sahieh Bukhari, Ibn Maja, Muslim and Abu Daowed.
In terms of the works of the western scholars I recommend works of M. Watt, S. Humph ryes, W. Irving and M. Lings. These scholars have truly studied the original sources and understood the concepts of Islam. They don't tend to repeat the information. They are inquisitive and very useful in the sense that they specialize in certain areas within the Islamic History. For example, if one is interested in the constitution of Medina he or she should follow S. Humphrey's works where as if one wants to investigate the administration of the Prophet he should follow M. Watt's works.
I wish the reader best of luck and I hope this review has been helpful.
Sir William Muir KCSI 1819 to 1905 Principal of Edinburgh University 1885-1903. He was an oreintalist specializing in the history of Mohammad and subsequent caliphates. He served as an assistant prefect in Agra, and was knighted in 1864 where he subsequently instituted the construction of Allahabad University in India.
His original book "The life of Mohammad" was initially published 1861 in four volume tomes in which every detail was irrefragably proven to be a true fact in translating the Muslim Scholars; Al-Wakidi, At-Tabari and Ibn Ishak, the initial writers of the Hadiths. The works of Al-Bukhari were originally accepted but later rejected when closer historical investigation found many of his issues to be historically in error.
The multitude of writing in the original volumes were, in fact, references, footnotes, appendices, quotes and et.al., directly translated from the Sacred Scipture and accepted Hadiths or Traditions. His references from the Koran are clearly reflected in my two reference Korans by the much later interpreters, Dawood and Pickthall, both devoted and faithful Muslims.
In 1923, however, T.H.Weir edited and condensed the four volumes to one, leaving out many of the evidenciary verifications of many of the historically pertinent facts. One point that Muir makes clear is that the Koran and referenced Traditions in the words spoken by Mohammad are unequivocally accurate.
To read and understand this book, you will need Dawood's Koran and a good on line dictionary since some of the words are quite archaic. Nevertheless, this is a book that needs to be read and understood before shooting off fly traps about Islam.
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