Muhammad's Mecca: History In The Quran
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At the crossroads of faith and history stands Mecca — a city whose story is inseparable from the rise of one of the world's great religions — and W. Montgomery Watt's Muhammad's Mecca: History in the Quran presents a rigorous and illuminating examination of this sacred city through the lens of Islam's holiest text. Watt, one of the twentieth century's foremost Western scholars of Islam, reconstructs the social, economic, and spiritual landscape of pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia, drawing directly from Quranic verses to uncover the historical realities that shaped the Prophet Muhammad's world. The work argues that the Quran, far from being merely a theological document, serves as a rich historical source that chronicles the tensions, tribal structures, and moral upheavals of seventh-century Mecca with remarkable precision. Watt's prose is characteristically measured and authoritative, reflecting decades of meticulous scholarship that situates Islamic origins within the broader context of Near Eastern history. He masterfully bridges the academic and the accessible, making complex theological and historical arguments legible to both specialist and general reader alike. A landmark contribution to Islamic studies, this volume raises profound questions about the relationship between scripture and history — questions that resonate far beyond the boundaries of any single faith or era.
Author: W. Montgomery Watt
Format: Paperback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of faith and history stands Mecca — a city whose story is inseparable from the rise of one of the world's great religions — and W. Montgomery Watt's Muhammad's Mecca: History in the Quran presents a rigorous and illuminating examination of this sacred city through the lens of Islam's holiest text. Watt, one of the twentieth century's foremost Western scholars of Islam, reconstructs the social, economic, and spiritual landscape of pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia, drawing directly from Quranic verses to uncover the historical realities that shaped the Prophet Muhammad's world. The work argues that the Quran, far from being merely a theological document, serves as a rich historical source that chronicles the tensions, tribal structures, and moral upheavals of seventh-century Mecca with remarkable precision. Watt's prose is characteristically measured and authoritative, reflecting decades of meticulous scholarship that situates Islamic origins within the broader context of Near Eastern history. He masterfully bridges the academic and the accessible, making complex theological and historical arguments legible to both specialist and general reader alike. A landmark contribution to Islamic studies, this volume raises profound questions about the relationship between scripture and history — questions that resonate far beyond the boundaries of any single faith or era.