TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2 |
INTRODUCTION | 8 |
1. FROM ADAM TO THE MESSIAH | 16 |
2. THE EMERGENCE AND LEGACY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD | 24 |
3. EXEMPLARY CONDUCT | 33 |
4. SUBLIME CHARACTER | 61 |
5. LESSONS OF THE PROPHET’S LIFE | 80 |
6. THE PATH OF THE PROPHET | 113 |
7. THE REVOLUTION OF THE PROPHET | 130 |
8. RISING ABOVE EVENTS | 177 |
9. THE PROPHETIC METHOD | 183 |
10. THE PROPHET IN MAKKAH | 223 |
11. ISLAM COMES TO MADINAH | 286 |
12. EMIGRATION—FROM MAKKAH TO MADINAH | 292 |
13. VICTORY AND AFTER | 325 |
14. THE TERMINATION OF PROPHETHOOD | 338 |
15. THE QUR’AN—THE PROPHET’S MIRACLE | 352 |
16. THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET | 385 |
ISLAM WAS SOMETHING THEY LOVED | 385 |
RECOGNISING THE PROPHET AT THE VERY BEGINNING | 387 |
ADHERING TO THE QUR’AN WHEN IT WAS STILL THE SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY | 390 |
SPENDING ONE’S WEALTH FOR THE SAKE OF A TRUTH WHICH HAS YET TO BE ESTABLISHED | 393 |
PLACING ONE’S OWN CROWN ON THE HEAD OF ANOTHER | 395 |
REALIZING ONE’S OWN LIMITATIONS | 397 |
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY UPON ONESELF | 399 |
NOT BEARING GRUDGES | 401 |
DOING MORE THAN ONE IS LEGALLY BOUND TO | 402 |
AVOIDING CONTROVERSY, AND CONCENTRATING ON ONE’S BASIC GOAL | 405 |
BEING CONTENT TO REMAIN IN OBSCURITY | 407 |
RATIONAL DECISIONS, DURING EMOTIONAL CRISES | 408 |
GROWING LIKE A TREE | 411 |
NOTES | 414 |
17. MANIFESTATION OF PROPHETHOOD IN THE PRESENT DAY AND AGE | 415 |
MUHAMMAD A PROPHET FOR ALL HUMANITY | 441 |