Extract 01: Take a look at this extract on the character of Muhammad (PBUH) and his personality before prophethood.

The translators were thus confronted with the arduous task of working with three different languages involving different narrative techniques.

An enormous impact or a meteorite

The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was sent as a mercy for the people as he led people out of ignorance and set an ideal example that would last till the end of times. He not only had the ideal character but set practical examples of Islam which also made him the best teacher for mankind. Islam and people flourished when people followed the life of the Prophet (PBUH) but Islamic history fell into a deep pit of humiliation when people abandoned His teachings. In this day and age once again we have strayed away from the teachings of Islam and this era too demands us to follow the Seerah and teachings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

Abdul Muttalib was looking for one such Bedouin woman who would serve as a wet nurse and take his grandson to the desert. In this article I am going to show that, even though Dr. Morey failed to carefully document the sources for his claim and was somewhat rash in his conclusions, it is Badawi who tried to pull a fast one the audience, and that Dr. Morey didn’t intentionally lie or make up the story of Muhammad splitting the moon in half with his sword. The sources will confirm that, contrary to Badawi’s blatant distortion, the ahadith attribute the splitting of the moon to Muhammad directly, and that there is a reasonable explanation why Dr Morey thought that Muhammad used his sword to split the moon in two. Anas reported that the people of Mecca demanded from Allah's Messenger that he should show them (some) signs (miracles) and he showed twice the splitting of the moon. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters. ( Sahih Muslim, Book 039, Number 6728) During the 12th to 14th centuries CE, the Muslims in Malabar, who were at the time a minority there, composed a story to solidify their community’s influence in the region, [9] claiming that a king of the medieval Chera dynasty called Cheraman Perumal ( lit. "Great lord of the Cheras"), or in its Arabic rendering, Shakarwatī Farmad, had witnessed the moon splitting in his dream. He then partitioned his realm among different lieutenants, journeyed to Arabia to see Muhammad, and died some years later. [10] [11] Historical research has found this story to be fictitious. [12] Professor Mubarakpuri wisely resists offering such justifications and explanations. The Prophet, after all, transcends time and culture.This is an old tradition in Malabar that Chakrawati Farmas, who was a king, himself observed the splitting of the moon. The moon was split to celebrate the miracle of Holy Prophet Muhammad S.A.W as a messenger of Allah. Therefore, In this review, I'm sharing a few lessons I learned from "When the Moon Split", some words that make you read it. The book is a wonderful piece of work if you are new to Seerah (biography) of Prophet Muhammad PBUH, or want a refresher of Seerah.

This tradition has inspired many Muslim poets, especially in India. [17] In poetical language Muhammad is sometimes equated with the Sun or the morning light. As such, part of a poem from Sana'i, a renowned early twelfth century Persian Sufi poet, reads: "the Sun should split the Moon in two". [7] Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a renowned Persian poet and mystic, in one of his poems conveys the idea that to be split by Muhammad's finger is the greatest bliss the lowly Moon can hope for and a devoted believer splits the Moon with Muhammad's finger. [7] Elaborating on this idea, Abd ar-Rahman Jami, one of the classical poets and mystics of Persia, plays with the shapes and numerical values of Arabic letters in a complicated way: the full Moon, Jami says, resembles the Arabic letter for M, a circular mīm ( ـمـ), with the numerical value 40. When Muhammad split the Moon, its two halves each became like a crescent-shaped nūn ( ن) (the Arabic letter for N) whose numerical value is 50 each. This would mean that, thanks to the miracle, the value of Moon had increased. [7] All exacting Qur'anic interpreters agreed that the moon split upon the gesture of the Prophet Muhammad's FINGER.

A crater over one million years old

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri (صفی الرحمن مبارکپوری; 6 June 1942 – 1 December 2006) was an Indian writer. Mubarakpuri was born in Husainabad, a village one mile deep to the north side of Mubarakpur, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Historically, the Arabs at that time believed that the sun and the moon were the size they appeared to the human eye. Thus the moon was about the size of a basketball. Muhammad evidently had no problem cutting in half such a small moon. This “miracle” is very doubtful for if the Meccans had seen Muhammad cut the moon in half, why did he have to conquer them by military force? Would not such a glorious miracle convert them? (Morey, Islamic Invasion: Confronting the World’s Fastest Growing Religion [Christian Scholars Press, revised edition 1992], Appendix A. An Analysis of the Hadith, pp. 227-228) It is not necessary to recreate him again and again for different audiences and different times because his greatness is apparent in any context. Prophets, the Quraysh thought, should have the power to perform miracles at will. They did not understand that Allah performed these miracles through His prophets.

So, read this book to delve into the history of Islam and understand the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) life from his birth and youth till the end of his days. This in itself sufficiently refutes Badawi’s boldfaced assertion that the ahadith do not claim that it was Muhammad that split the moon in half. Being a supposed scholar of Islam, Badawi would have surely known that the Islamic tradition plainly states that it was Muhammad who personally split the moon in two by his finger. As such, it is hard to not accuseBadawi of knowingly and deliberately lyingto his audience.Its a must read for every muslim, covers almost every important event in the life of Prophet Muhammad SAW in a brief and concise manner which makes it very easy to read and comprehend. The first thing I've comprehended is to never complain about little elements that happen in our lives. Because these complaints take you away from Allah and there comes a time when people get disconnected too. Although it wasnt a fully in depth biography it was some basic events and lessons every muslim should know, would love a extended version of this book which talks about the topics in depth. Narrated Ibn Masud: During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the moon was split into two parts; one part remained over the mountain, and the other part went beyond the mountain. On that, Allah's Apostle said, "Witness this miracle."( Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 60, Number 387)