..A biography of Muhammad. He emerges as a most tolerant and wise character for his time. His achievement was to unite the disparate, warring tribes under one religion and to enshrine the rights of women regarding property, marriage and divorce (which up until then had been abysmal). He comes across as being extremely tolerant with his enemies and the religious opposition of the Jews and Christians, prefering to negotiate rather than just conquer and slay. The conversion of Umar is a masterpiece of understated comedy. How Muhammad and his companions managed to restrain and convert a mad, fierce, drink-loving pagan to Islam without using force. The actual miracle and the discussion with the Quraysh is very profound- What if you see evidence of God but still refuse to accept? After the 'Mi'raaj',on receiving instruction from Allah about 50 prayers daily, how Musa persuades him to get it down to 5- very enlightening and most amusing! What a pity the story could never be made a film!
2006-11-01 11:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by troothskr 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I blame the Arc Angel Gabriel, always popping up and causing consternation which, for a pretty low ranking angel, is a bit off it.
2006-11-03 13:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never read the book, but i can tell you why a movie was never made or will never be made.
In Islam, it's considered a sin and worse when someone makes an image of the Prophets or God because anyone living now has no idea what They look like. In Islam people like to tell stories, but when it comes to making movies and having characters that play certain key figures is taken as a sin and is very offensive.
2006-11-01 19:05:41 · answer #2 · answered by Ruby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"How Muhammad and his companions managed to restrain and convert a mad, fierce, drink-loving pagan to Islam without using force."
Isnt restraining someone using force?
2006-11-01 19:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never read it but now I'm going to.
Amaze yourself further by reading about the Indian king who witnessed the splitting of the moon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_of_the_moon
2006-11-01 19:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Slug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read this book and what are your view or answers to the list below from this book?
The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer
Meet the real Muhammad:
Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"
The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity
Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations
The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law
The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today
The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan
How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage
The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord
How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule
"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today
The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard
Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world
"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids
"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies
How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter
Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians
Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"
"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior
"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously
Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law
How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam
The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon
"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia
Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world
"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed
Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism
2006-11-02 23:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES!!! what a book!!! the most amazing book i ve read in my life!!
IT HAS BEEN MADE INTO A FILM, I T WAS MADE IN 2000,
STARRING THE INCREDIBLE ALA GADINGH!!!
2006-11-01 19:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by J-LO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋