In this riveting novel, beloved international bestselling
author Deepak Chopra captures the spellbinding life story of
the great and often misunderstood Prophet.
Islam was
born in a cradle of tribal turmoil, and the arrival of one
God who vanquished hundreds of ancient Arabian gods changed
the world forever. God reached down into the life of
Muhammad, a settled husband and father, and spoke through
him. Muhammad's divine and dangerous task was to convince
his people to renounce their ancestral idols and
superstitious veneration of multiple gods. From the first
encounter, God did not leave Muhammad alone, his life was no
longer his own, and with each revelation the creation of a
new way of life formed and a religion was born.
Muhammad didn't see himself as the son of God or as
one who achieved cosmic enlightenment. His relatives and
neighbors didn't part the way when he walked down the
parched dirt streets of Mecca. There was no mark of
divinity. Orphaned by age six, Muhammad grew up surrounded
by dozens of cousins and extended family to become a trusted
merchant. Muhammad saw himself as an ordinary man and that
is why what happened to him is so extraordinary.
Rooted in historical detail, Muhammad brings
the Prophet to life through the eyes of those around him. A
Christian hermit mystic foretells a special destiny, a
pugnacious Bedouin wet nurse raises him in the desert, and a
religious rebel in Mecca secretly takes the young orphan
under his spiritual wing. Each voice, each chapter brings
Muhammad and the creation of Islam into a new light. The
angel Gabriel demands Muhammad to recite, the first convert
risks his life to protect his newfound faith, and Muhammad's
life is not a myth but an incredible true and surprisingly
unknown story of a man and a moment that sparked a worldwide
transformation.
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