Muhammad and the Origins of IslamState University of New York Press, 1994 M04 6 - 352 pages An inquiry into the religious environment of the person Muslims hail as the “Envoy of God” and an attempt to trace his progress along the path from paganism to that distinctive form of monotheism called Islam. |
Contents
| 1 | |
The Colonial Era in Arabia | 31 |
The Arabian Oikoumene | 57 |
16 | 66 |
51 | 74 |
The Men Who Have the Elephant | 84 |
Buying and Selling in the Sacred Months | 92 |
The Persian Occupation of the Kingdom of Himyar | 99 |
The Migration to Medina | 167 |
The City of the Prophet | 191 |
Fighting in Gods Cause | 211 |
The Truth Has Come and Falsehood | 235 |
The Pilgrimage of Farewell | 247 |
Illness and Death | 255 |
Notes | 269 |
References | 315 |
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Abd al-Muttalib Abdullah Abu Bakr Abyssinian al-Azraqi al-Hira al-Lat al-Rahman al-Uzza Allah angels Annals Apostle appears Arabs Arafat Ashura Badr Banu Banu Qurayza bedouin Byzantine called camels caravan Christian circumambulate commercial connection cult Dhu Nuwas early God's Hajj hanif Haram Hashim Hijaz Himyar Himyarites historian holy House Hubal Ibid ibn Abd Ibn al-Kalbi Ibn Ishaq 1955 idols Ishmael Islam Jewish Jews of Medina journey Jurhum Ka'ba Khazraj Khuza'a Kinana king Kister Lakhmids Lammens later Muslim Lord Mecca Meccan suras Messenger mosque Muham Muhammad Musaylima Muslim night pagan Persian pilgrimage pilgrims prayed prayer pre-Islamic Procopius Prophet Quran Quraysh Qusayy Ramadan religion of Abraham religious revelation ritual Roman Rubin sacrifice sanctuary Sasanians sent shrine sources South Arabia steppe stones suras Syria Ta'if Tabari Talib tion told took trade tribes Umar umra verse Watt Wellhausen 1897 worship Yemen Zamzam Zayd