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The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah)
by Ibn Ishaq (trans. A. Guillaume)
The earliest surviving biography of the Prophet ﷺ — Ibn Ishaq's Sira, in Alfred Guillaume's standard English translation.
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About this book
Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. c. 767) compiled the first great biography of the Prophet ﷺ, preserved mainly through the edition of Ibn Hisham. Almost every later seerah draws on it.
Alfred Guillaume's translation presents the full work: the background in Arabia, the Prophet's ﷺ early life, the revelation, the Makkan period, the Hijrah, the campaigns of Madinah and his passing. It includes the poetry and detailed reports of the original. It is a primary source, best read with a guide such as a modern seerah.
What's inside
- The earliest major seerah
- Arabia before Islam
- Makkan and Madinan periods in detail
- Poetry and original reports
- Standard English translation
Why we recommend it
This is where the seerah begins: Ibn Ishaq's eighth-century biography, the source almost every later seerah draws on. Guillaume's translation gives you the full work, with original reports and poetry from the time. For serious readers and students who want to go back to the earliest source.
Good forAdults and students of history
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