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M
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Mohammad Asghar
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Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid.
Thought is great and swift and free, the light
of the world, and the chief glory of man.
— Bertrand Russell
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Contents
THE HAUNTING ……………………………………………………………. 1
Interpeting the Quran ………………………………………………………… 10
I. THE OUTCAST: MUHAMMAD IN MECCA……………………………..18
An Accidental Conception? ………………………………………………….. 18
The Spring and the Rock …………………………………………………….. 24
Was Muhammad Switched?.............................................................................. 28
The Orphan’s Ordeals ………………………………………………………... 32
The Caravan Trader……………………………………………………………34
Muhammad and the Pagan World ……………………………………………. 45
The Indispensable Lady ……………………………………………………… 49
The Angel in the Cave ……………………………………………………….. 61
Preacher in the Hills …………………………………………………………..70
Muhammad Channels Satan………………………………………………….. 77
The Abyssinian Adventure ……………………………………………………79
The Conversion of Omar………………………………………………………83
Clampdown ……………………………………………………………………88
Rebuff at Taif ………………………………………………………………….93
The Night of the Seven Heavens ………………………………………………96
II. THE TYRANT: MUHAMMAD IN MEDINA …………………………...102
Flight in the Year One ………………………………………………………...102
“I Am Sent with the Sword!”………………………………………………….125
Step One in the Great Conquest: The Battle of Badr …………………………135
The Spoils of War: Exegesis…………………………………………………..143
Attacks on Poets and Medinese Jews …………………………………………168
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Muhammad Escapes with His Life: The Battle of Uhud ………………………171
Siege Against the Jews………………………………………………………….179
Showdown: The Battle of the Trench…………………………………………...181
Desert Pogrom …………………………………………………………………..187
Seizing the Khaybar Moneypot …………………………………………………189
The Swelling Seraglio …………………………………………………………...193
The Concubines and Maria’s Surprise …………………………………………..218
“Hell Is Inhabited by Women!” …………………………………………………223
The Children …………………………………………………………………….232
Avenging the Letter-Bearer ……………………………………………………..234
The Capture of Mecca …………………………………………………………..236
The Battle of Hunain and the Islamicization of Arabia …………………………242
Muhammad Shakes His Fist at the World……………………………………….247
March Toward Byzantium ………………………………………………………248
Tabuk, Jews, and Bedouins: Exegesis…………………………………………
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Farewell Pilgrimage and Death ………………………………………………….277
III. THE REVELER: MUHAMMAD IN PARADISE ………………………….283
Trial Before Allah ……………………………………………………………….283
The Flaming Netherworld………………………………………………………..290
The Seven Gardens …………………………………………………………… 295
IV. THE GHOST: MUHAMMAD’S AFTERLIFE ON EARTH ………………308
Quandary at the Helm …………………………………………………………...310
From Caravan Raiders to Emperors ……………………………………………..314
The Abyss Opens…………………………………………………………………322
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