A Life Dedicated to Spread the Word
Seham Amba is a doctor and an activist living in Saudi Arabia, trying to reach out and care about people around her. Amba told her story to Lastprophet.info. We would like to hear your story first... I have two children at the age of 22 and 24. I finished medical school in Jeddah in 1982 at King Aziz University. In 1990 I did one year at the Royal College of Physicians in London in medical rehabi...

The Prophet in the Words of Celebrities
It is the Universe that Admires You ADEM CEVIK Sutun Publications The book by Adem Cevik is a compilation of the sentiments, thoughts and evaluations of celebrities in world history about Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The first section of the book consists of names from the Turkish world of thought and culture, the second section delves into the views of Sultans and the third section entails the thoug...

Lings' The Life of Prophet Muhammad Audiobook in Turkish
Martin Lings    digg_title = "The Life of Prophet Muhammad"; var sburl1433 = window.location.href; var sbtitle1433 = document.title;Vocalized by: Mustafa Demirci Translator: Nazife Sisman The Life of the Holy Prophet by Martin Lings, who is known for his many books translated into Turkish, has been converted into an audio book by Insan Publishing House...

The World of the Convert
The convert's inner world is filled with feelings that must be among the most difficult to express. No matter how many times they tell their life story, there is always an untold feeling in the depths of their spiritual world. They have embraced the new religion by struggling with the question "which is harder to endure: going or staying?" hundreds of times. For a person who has changed their re...

A Modern Arabic Biography of Muhammad: A Critical Study of Muham
by Antonie Wessels Review Author: Robert B. Campbell S.J. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 95, No. 2. (Apr. - Jun., 1975), pp. 303-305. To write a history of the life of Muhammad poses problems for the modern Muslim, as a history of Jesus does for Christians. It is not easy to remain faithful both to objective history and the demands of faith. Moreover, for the Muslim today there ex...

Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam by Kamran
  My intention in writing this novel has been to give Westerners a glimpse of the richness that exists within the Muslim historical tradition and invite all my readers to learn more about Islam and draw their own conclusions.                        Kamran Pasha Mother of th...

Perception of Muhammad in the Medieval West
digg_title = "Perception of Muhammad in the Medieval West"; var sburl4016 = window.location.href; var sbtitle4016 = document.title;   Stephan Hotz, Mohammed und seine Lehre in der Darstellung abendländischer Autoren vom späten 11. bis zur Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts: Aspekte, Quellen und Tendenzen in Kontinuität und Wandel [Mohammed and hi...

Could There Be a "Sirah Diary"?
Question: Is it possible to prepare a diary-like book based on the chronological order of events in the Prophet’s life? Could there be a ‘sirah diary’ in which his life can be followed day to day? Answer: (Professor Kasım Şulul - Harran University –Department of Theology): Within the framework of Islamic science, it is an ongoing tradition to accommodate the books of sirah either in a chronologic...

To Live a Simple Life under the Contemporary Conditions
Question: The sources tell us that our Prophet led a very simple life. How would he have lived under the contemporary conditions? Answer (Meral Günel - Theologian): If the Holy Prophet (pbuh)’s life style and means of livelihood – during his entire life – are examined comparatively, the conditions of his day and the insufficiency of his financial conditions are not enough to explain his life stri...

The Prophet's Funeral
Question: Who led the Prophet’s funeral prayer? Answer (Meral Günel - Theologian): As it is stated in the sources, Ali washed the funeral of the Holy Prophet. After shrouding, it was decided to bury him in Aisha’s room. Muslims - firstly men, then women, and lastly children – performed the funeral prayer in this room in groups on their own without an imam....

To Accept the Former Prophets
Question: The Holy Prophet is the last prophet. But what does it mean to accept that the former prophets also brought Islam to their tribes? Answer (Meral Günel - Theologian): As a term, Islam means a full acceptance of the religious teachings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and summiting to this acceptance. The religion brought by Prophet Muhammad ties with the religions of previous prophets on the b...

Marriage Age of Aisha
Question: Most sources indicate that Aisha was only 9 years old when the Prophet married her. How would you explain this situation? Answer (Meral Günel – Theologian): Aisha got married to the Holy Prophet (pbuh) before the Hijra, but their actual conjugal life started 2 years after the Hijra. When her birthday is taken into consideration, it can be deduced that she was 9–10 years old at the time ...