MohammedWordsworth Editions, 2007 - 242 עמודים According to Mohammed, the one true religion was revealed to five great prophets before him - Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. But each time their message was ignored and people chose to worship false gods instead. As the last and greatest prophet of the one and only God, it was his task to abolish all idolatry. For many years his mission seemed hopeless. As long as he remained in Mecca, he made few converts and had to endure dangers and persecution. But when the city of Medina offered him sanctuary, his small band of followers rapidly multiplied. Mohammed now led his armies out to do battle in the desert, spreading his religion at the point of the sword. This later part of his life, as told by Washington Irving, is as much about military conquest as spiritual teaching. For us today, the consequences are still unfolding: reason to reflect on the extraordinary career of one individual who joined conviction, resoluteness, courage and self-mastery in the pursuit of a religious vision. |
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Preliminary notice of Arabia and the Arabs | 15 |
First journey of Mahomet with the caravan to Syria 23 | 23 |
Conduct of Mahomet after his marriage becomes | 31 |
Mahomet inculcates his doctrines secretly and slowly | 37 |
Ridicule cast on Mahomet and his doctrines demand | 49 |
Omar Ibn al Khattab nephew of Abu Jahl under | 55 |
The ban of nonintercourse mysteriously destroyed | 63 |
Night journey of the prophet from Mecca to Jerusalem | 70 |
Mahomet undertakes a pilgrimage to Mecca evades | 136 |
Missions to various princes to Heraclius to Khosru | 145 |
Mahomets pilgrimage to Mecca his marriage with | 148 |
Surprise and capture of Mecca | 155 |
Hostilities in the mountains enemys camp in | 166 |
Death of the prophets daughter Zeinab birth of | 174 |
Preparations for an expedition against Syria intrigues | 180 |
Triumphal entry into Medina punishment of those | 186 |
Mahomet makes converts of pilgrims from Medina | 79 |
Moslems in Medina Mohadjerins and Ansarians | 88 |
The sword announced as the instrument of faith first | 96 |
Death of the prophets daughter Rokaia restoration | 108 |
Growing power of Mahomet his resentment against | 112 |
Treachery of certain Jewish tribes their punishment | 120 |
The battle of the moat bravery of Saad Ibn Moad | 129 |
Of the two false prophets Al Aswad and Moseïlma | 197 |
An army prepared to march against Syria command | 200 |
Person and character of Mahomet and speculations | 209 |
Appendix | 219 |
NOTES | 237 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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