“This work is widely recognized as the most readable account of the life of the Prophet to date.”

Times of London

“Lings provides a wealth of detail on the life of Muhammad, the time and place of many Koranic revelations, and the foundation of Islam, all based exclusively on 8th and 9th-century Arabic biographical sources and collections of the sayings attributed to Muhammad. General readers will find a well-written, straightforward chronological narrative; Muslim readers will appreciate the favorable treatment of Muhammad; while specialists will find a faithful and convenient rendering of source material.”

Joseph Gardner, California State Univ. Lib.,
(Northridge Library Journal)