Muhammad: A Quranic Exposition of His Excellence and Virtues
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Amjad Mahmood
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About The Book
The present work is a translation of one of several sections of Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani’s acclaimed work on the Prophet’s biography, characteristics, and virtues (Allah bless him and give him peace), al-Anwar al-Muḥammadiyyah (The Muhammadan Lights).
The author dedicated this section to an exhaustive treatment of the Qur’anic verses that specifically relate to the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace): his exalted rank and special status, as well as those verses comprising an exhortation to obey him and emulate his sunnah and the proper manners towards him, and dispelling obscurities arising from otherwise ambiguous verses revealed concerning him (Allah bless him and give him peace), amongst other such matters.
Contents:
- On the Qur’anic verses that allude to his immense worth, his high renown, his sublime status, his lofty degree above the other Prophets and the honouring of his station,
- On His taking for him a covenant with the Prophets that they will surely believe in him and aid him,
- On His, the Most High’s, describing him a as a witness and attesting to his Messengerhood,
- On the previous scriptures, like the Tawrah (Torah) and the Injil (Gospel), alluding to his Messengerhood
- On the verses wherein He, the Most High, takes an oath to affirm his Messengerhood, His verses revealed to him and the loftiness of his rank and status a (consisting of five sections)
- On His, the Most High’s, describing him a as a light and a light-giving lamp
- On the verses obligating obedience to him and emulation of his Sunnah
- On the verses comprising the proper manners towards him
- On the verses wherein He, the Most High, responds to his enemies a by His Holy Self to raise his rank
- On dispelling the obscurities arising from the ambiguous verses revealed concerning him.
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About the author
Yusuf al-Nabhani: Yusuf al-Nabhani (1265-1350 AH / 1849-1932 CE) was a Palestinian scholar, Ottoman jurist, and one of the most prolific poets of devotion to the Prophet Muhammad in the modern era. Shafiʿi in law and Ashʿari in creed, he was born in the village of Ijzim near Haifa, where his father, an imam, gave him his first instruction. He went on to study at al-Azhar in Cairo, then entered the Ottoman judiciary, holding posts across the Ottoman lands and rising to head the rights court of Beirut, an office he held for over twenty years. He took authorization in several Sufi paths, among them the Qadiriyya and Shadhiliyya. Al-Nabhani is most celebrated for his devotional and hadith-related writing centered on the Prophet. His landmark works include Wasaʾil al-Wusul ila Shamaʾil al-Rasul on the Prophet's noble character and appearance, Jamiʿ Karamat al-Awliyaʾ on the saints and their miracles, Saʿadat al-Darayn on prayers upon the Prophet, and al-Anwar al-Muhammadiyya. He compiled vast collections of litanies and praise poetry, such as al-Majmuʿa al-Nabhaniyya fi al-Madaʾih al-Nabawiyya. Late in life he traveled to Madina, where he lived for a time, before returning to his homeland, dying in Ramadan 1350 AH. He is remembered as a steadfast defender of traditional Sunni piety, Sufism, and love of the Prophet against the reformist currents of his day.
About the translator
Amjad Mahmood: Amjad Mahmood is a contemporary translator and annotator of classical Islamic texts, working chiefly with Heritage Press in the United Kingdom. His renderings give English readers careful access to works of Sufism and Hanafi law, with attention to footnoting, source references, and the Qurʾan and Sunna citations embedded in the original texts. Among his best known works is The Refinement of Souls, a translation of Taj al-ʿArus al-Hawi li-Tahdhib al-Nufus by Ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandari, the Shadhili master. The book gathers spiritual instructions, aphorisms, and intimate discourses with the Divine, treating themes such as repentance, the effects of sin, the struggle against the lower self, envy, and reliance on divine planning. Mahmood has also translated devotional and juristic primers, notably the "A Believer's Guide" series on prayer, fasting, and zakat, which render treatises by scholars including Muhammad Hisham Burhani and Ahmad ibn Zayni Dahlan, and he has worked on creedal material associated with the Hanafi and Maturidi tradition. Working from within the traditional Sunni scholarly current, his translations are valued for plain, faithful English and useful annotation rather than paraphrase. Detailed biographical information about him is not widely published; he is known primarily through his body of translation work.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9780993475696
Publisher
Heritage Press
Author
Yusuf al-Nabhani
Pages
90
Translator
Amjad Mahmood
Year Published
2022
Size
W-5.7 in | H-8.8 in | D-0.5 in
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