"Muhammad, the World-Changer" is both intellectually and spiritually satisfying, both exegesis of the life of Muhammad and meditation on its meaning.“A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. Jebara also powerfully captures the Meccan society of the time and brings to life the world in which Muhammad grew including the women who nurtured him in childhood and adulthood, Jewish and Christian mentors who inspired him, and the enslaved individuals whose freedom he would constantly pursue.
It's a book that encourages deeper diving into this material yet also a book that makes you feel as if you understand Muhammad and Islam with greater clarity. "Muhammad, the World-Changer" is remarkable in its depth and detail but equally remarkable because of its emotional resonance and engaging language. Having finished this work, I'm encouraged to return to that sacred text with greater knowledge and understanding of the world in which Muhammad lived and the culture in which the Qu'ran was initially developed. While I'd read the Qu'ran previously, Jebara's work here gives it a necessary context that one who is non-Muslim, as is true for me, simply won't have. Complex writings are made understandable and Jebara rather incredibly also makes understandable the culture in which Muhammad's life unfolded. Jebara writes accessibly and introduces the reader to the world of Muhammad and the world of the Qu'ran. "Muhammad, the World-Changer" will, however, still have deep meaning for those of us, myself included, who are less familiar with Muhammad but who are inundated with "facts," opinions, media portrayals, and social media campaigns that often arrive with agendas and very little else. Jebara takes the major benchmarks of Muhammad's life and paints a portrait of remarkable adversity, relentless perseverance, absolute vision and mission, and ultimately a man whose values and entrepreneurial spirit served as a bridge to the modern world. Mohamad Jebara's "Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait" will likely most deeply resonate, both intellectually and emotionally, with those having a somewhat foundational knowledge of its subject matter the Prophet Muhammad.įusing details long known to Muslim scholars yet for a large part inaccessible to wider audiences, Jebara has crafted a remarkably researched yet beautifully written portrait of of Islam's founding prophet.
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