Muhammad and the Origins of Islam

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ISBN: 9780791418765 | 0791418766
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Copyright: 7/1/1994

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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.

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Founding Fathers

(30)

Abraham and Ishmael in the Hijaz

(14)

Father Qusayy and the Quraysh

(12)

The Sons of Qusayy

(3)

The Colonial Era in Arabia

(26)

Arabian Clients and Tributaries

(6)

The Tribes of the South

(11)

The Abyssinians Invade

(6)

The Arabian Oikoumene

(20)

Hashim the Trader

(3)

Northern Neighbors

(5)

The Shahs and Arabia

(3)

The Commerce of Mecca

(9)

The Family and City of Muhammad

(28)

A Celebrated Grandfather

(6)

Abraha

(1)

``The Men Who Have the Elephant''

(4)

The Security of the Quraysh

(4)

Buying and Selling in the Sacred Months

(2)

A Religious Sodality: The Hums

(5)

The Persian Occupation of the Kingdom of Himyar

(2)

The Birth of Muhammad ibn Abdullah

101

(4)

The Gods and the Shrine

105

(28)

The Gods and Worship at Mecca

105

(11)

The Pilgrimage Before Islam

116

(1)

The Worship of the One True God

117

(11)

Personal Devotions

128

(3)

Muhammad and Meccan Paganism

131

(2)

A Prophet at Mecca

133

(34)

Coming of Age in Mecca

133

(8)

The Prophetic Summons

141

(3)

A Heavenly Journey

144

(3)

The Earliest Sura?

147

(5)

Muhammad's Public Preaching

152

(2)

The Warning

154

(2)

God on High

156

(8)

The Call to Prayer

164

(3)

The Migration to Medina

167

(24)

The Opposition of the Quraysh

167

(11)

The Deaths of Khadija and Abu Talib

178

(1)

An Invitation from a Distant Oasis

179

(4)

A Turn to Armed Resistance

183

(2)

The Hijra (622 A.D.)

185

(6)

The City of the Prophet

191

(20)

Yathrib

191

(1)

Jews and Arabs

192

(2)

Muhammad Settles In

194

(4)

The Medina Agreement

198

(4)

Innovations

202

(9)

Fighting in God's Cause

211

(24)

Violence in the Sacred Month

212

(1)

The Battle at the Badr Wells

213

(5)

From Badr to the Battle of the Trench

218

(4)

The Banu Qurayza

222

(2)

A New Tactic

224

(4)

The Northern Oases

228

(1)

The `Umra Fulfilled

229

(1)

A Daring Raid into Syria

230

(5)

``The Truth Has Come and Falsehood Has Passed Away''

235

(14)

The Fall of Mecca

235

(2)

The Smashing of the Idols

237

(1)

Hunayn, Ta'if, and the `Umra

238

(1)

The Malingerers

239

(3)

The Establishment of an Islamic Umma, with Dues

242

(1)

The Hajj of Year 9: The Break with the Pagans

243

(2)

The Idolators Submit

245

(4)

The Pilgrimage of Farewell

249

(6)

An Islamic Pilgrimage

249

(2)

The Ban on the Pagans

251

(1)

The Calendar Reformed

251

(4)

Illness and Death

255

(2)

Appendix: The Quest of the Historical Muhammad

257

(12)

Notes

269

(46)

References

315

(14)

Index

329

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Muhammad and the Origins of Islam

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