This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...After Nushirwan the predominant Persian element in Malay tradition shows itself only in the manner in which the story of Muhammad and his successors is treated. This little book is no place for a detailed biography or appreciation of the great Arabian prophet, especially as on such questions the Malay version ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...After Nushirwan the predominant Persian element in Malay tradition shows itself only in the manner in which the story of Muhammad and his successors is treated. This little book is no place for a detailed biography or appreciation of the great Arabian prophet, especially as on such questions the Malay version would necessarily differ greatly from the English. The main incidents--about which all writers are agreed--are these. Muhammad was born at Mecca, the posthumous son of Abdullah bin Abdu'l-muttalib of the illustrious house of the Kuraish. It is quite incorrect to describe him as a "camel-driver" of humble origin; his grandfather had been the most influential man in Mecca, his uncles were strong enough to protect him for years against religious persecution, and his own relative, Abu Sofian, was leader of the armies that Mecca sent against him. On reaching man's estate, Muhammad married Khadijah, a wealthy widow, in whose service he had been employed. Her money enabled him to devote himself to religious speculations in the course of which he came into conflict with the corrupter elements in the religion of the people of Mecca. A few facts about this early period are extremely important: Muhammad's earliest converts were his own immediate relatives who had excellent opportunities of judging whether he was sincere; those of his near relatives whom he failed to convert still remained sincerely attached to him; for many years his progress was so slow that he can have had nothing to encourage him save faith in the character of his mission; his claim to be considered the "sent" (rasul) of God involved the use of a modest word which had not in those days the special associations of apostleship. His comparative failure at Mecca led to the famous flight...
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