The Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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Brief biography of the Holy Prophet, and his teachings.

Reviews:
"The Learned author tells in superb style about the Holy Prophet- his mission and his achievements" — The Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, Pakistan

"so beautifully done by Muhammad Ali ... Should form part of the education of every person who aspires to know the life career of a great historical personality" — Times of Ceylon

Sujets

• Middle Est
• Histoire
• History

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• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 16 avril 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781934271223
• Langue: English

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THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Maulana Muhammad ‘Ali


THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Maulana Muhammad ‘Ali
A UTHOR O F
an English Translation of the Holy Qur’an with Commentary (with Arabic text), The Religion of Islam , Muhammad the Prophet , Early Caliphate , Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad, The Babi Movement, A Manual of H ad i t h (English); Bayan al-Qur’an – Urdu Translation and Commentary of the Qur’an in three volumes, Fad l al - Bari Translation and Commentary of a l - S a h i h al-Bukh a r i (Urdu), etc.
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This book has been reviewed and approved by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif of the Islamic Research Academy, General Department for Research, Writing and Translation.



Al-Azhar Al-Sharif
Islamic Research Academy
General Department for Research, Writing and Translation
Respectable Mrs. Samina Malik,
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Referring to the request submitted by you regarding the Book entitled “The Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad” written by Maulana Muhammad Ali, we would like to inform you that following examination and review of the afore-mentioned Book, it was found that nothing contained in the Book contradicts the true Islamic belief.
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Dated: Jumada Al-Thani 11, 1424 A.H
Corresponding to August 9, 2003 A.D
 
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August 11, 2003 A.D
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THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Maulana Muhammad ‘Ali
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Ahmadiyya Anjuman I sha ‘at Isl a m Lahore Inc. (U.S.A.)
P.O. Box 3370, Dublin, Ohio, 43016 U.S.A.
The Ahmadiyya Anjuman I sha ‘at Isl a m ( Ahmadiyya Society for the propagation of Isl a m ), based in Lahore, Pakistan, is an international Muslim body devoted to the presentation of Islam through literary and missionary work. Since its inception in 1914, it has produced a range of highly acclaimed, standard books on all aspects of Isl a m, and has run Muslim missions in many parts of the world, establishing the first ever Isl a mic centres in England (at Woking) and Germany (Berlin). The literature produced by the Anjuman, largely written by Maulana Muhammad Ali, is deep research work of the highest quality, based purely on the original sources of Isl a m. It has corrected many wrong notions about the religion of Isl a m, and has received world wide acclaim for its authenticity, scholarship and service of the faith.
Continuing the mission of H adrat Mirza Gh ul a m A h mad, the mujaddid of the 14th century Hijra, the Ahmadiyya Anjuman seeks to revive the original liberal, tolerant and rational spirit of Isl a m. It presents Isl a m as a great spiritual force for bringing about the moral reform of mankind, and shows that this religion has never advocated coercion, the use of physical force or the pursuit of political power in its support.
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E-book Publisher’s Note
 
“And when the books are spread” (81:10)
It gives us great pleasure to present Maulana Muhammad Ali’s The Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad in this e-book format. With the increasing popularity of e-readers, e-books have, by many accounts, become a preferred means to read literature. In order to continue to have the world-renowned literary treasures written by Maulana Muhammad Ali and other Lahore Ahmadiyya authors easily accessible to the general public, we have ventured to generate e-books of our standard publications.
This e-book of The Living Thoughts of the Prophet Muhammad by Maulana Muhammad Ali is a result of this new venture. Additional titles converted to e-book format include, English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran, Teachings of Islam, Muhammad the Prophet , History of the Prophets , The Manual of Hadith , The Early Caliphate , Muhammad and Christ , and others.
In the e-book format, it is necessary to place all footnotes at the end of the document, in effect, converting them to “endnotes”. In this book, the footnotes are generally short citation references, and to move back and forth to the end of the document was deemed more cumbersome than placing the citation within the text. Therefore, we have placed all the footnotes within the text in a smaller type size for ease of reference.
We would like to thank our proofreaders within the USA and abroad for their meticulous checking of the proofs of this e-book. May Almighty Allah bless and reward all who have contributed and sacrificed in this cause.
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Lahore Ahmadiyya Islamic Society USA
September 2011, Dublin, Ohio

Transliteration of Arabic Words
The transliteration system adapted for the e-book format from the standard transliteration system is given below. Due to the limitations of the e-book format in producing some of the diacritical signs, alternative diacritical signs have been used. These changes are indicated by red type.
Consonants
Arabic Letter — Sound — Represented by
hamzah — (sounds like h in hour — a sort of catch in the voice) — ’
ba — (same as b ) — b
ta — (the Italian dental, softer than t ) — t
th a — (between th in thing and s) — th
jim — (like g in gem ) — j
ha — (very sharp but smooth guttural aspirate) — h
kh a — (like ch in the Scotch word loch ) — kh
dal — (Italian dental, softer than d ) — d
dh al — (sounds between z and th in that ) — dh
ra — (same as r ) — r
za — (same as z ) — z
sin — (same as s ) — s
sh in — (same as sh in she ) — sh
sad — (strongly articulated s, like ss in hiss ) — s
dad — (aspirated d , between d and z ) — dz
ta — (strongly articulated palatal t ) — t
za — (strongly articulated palatal z ) — z
‘ain — (somewhat like a strong guttural hamzah, not a mere vowel) — ‘
gh ain — (guttural g, but soft) — gh
fa — (same as f ) — f
qaf — (strongly articulated guttural k ) — q
kaf — (same as k ) — k
lam — (same as l ) — l
mim — (same as m ) — m
nun — (same as n ) — n
ha — (same as h ) — h
waw — (same as w ) — w
ya — (same as y ) — y
Vowels
The vowels are represented as follows:
Short vowels:
— ’ — fathah, as u in tub — a
— ’ — kasrah, as i in pin — i
Long vowels:
— — long fathah, as a in father — a
— — long kasrah, as ee in deep — i
— ‘ — long dammah, as oo in moot — u
— — fathah before waw — au
— — fathah before ya — ai
Tanwin ’’ ’’ ‘’ is represented by an, in, un, respectively. The short and long vowels at the end of a word are shown as parts of the words, as qala where the final a stands for the fathah on lam , but the tanwin is shown as a separate syllable, as Muhammad-in.
Proper Names
Biblical proper names are not transliterated, but their Biblical form is adopted; other names are transliterated according to the rules of transliteration. Hence the reader will notice a change in such names as Mecca which should be written as Makkah, Medina which should be written as Madinah, Yemen which should be written as Yaman, and so on.
The following list shows the Biblical names and their Arabic equivalents:
Biblical Names— Arabic Form
Aaron — H a r u n
Abraham — Ibr a him
Adam — A dam
Amran — ‘Imr a n
Babel — B a bil
David — D a w u d
Egypt — Misr
Elias — Ily a s
Ezra — ‘Uzair
Elisha — Al-Ya sh ‘a
Gabriel — Jibr i l
Gog — Ya’j u j
Goliath — J a l u t
Gospel — Inj i l
Isaac — Is ha q
Ishmael — Ism a ‘ i l
Jacob — Ya‘q u b
Jesus — ‘ I s a
Jew — Yah u d i
Job — Ayy u b
John — Ya h y a
Jonah — Y u nus
Korah — Q a r u n
Lot — L ut
Magog — Ma’j u j
Mary — Maryam
Michael — Mik a l
Moses — M u sa
Noah — N uh
Pharaoh — Fir‘aun
Saul — T al u t
Sheba — Saba’
Soloman — Sulaim a n
Torah — Taur a t
Zacharias — Zakariyy a
 


Prefatory Note
The following brief sketch of the life of the Prophet Muhammad, the refor m ation he brought about and the great ideas which he gave to the world are based almost entirely on the Holy Quran. The Prophet ’ s best-known name is Muhammad , which means the praised one . Another name by which he was known is Ahmad which means the praising one. The Quran, properly Qur’an, is the name of the Scripture which the Prophet claime