This children’s book on the Life of the Prophet Muhammad is taken from traditional Muslim biographical literature, including hadith. Passages from the Qur’an are used throughout to reinforce the stories. The material is authentic and the style lively and attractive.

As a tribute to this work’s accuracy and clarity, it has been honored by Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the centre of Islamic learning in the world, who has chosen to use it as a classroom text. It has also been translated into Bosnian for the Ministry of Education in Sarajevo. This children’s book on the Life of the Prophet Muhammad is taken from traditional Muslim biographical literature, including hadith. Passages from the Qur’an are used throughout to reinforce the stories. The material is authentic and the style lively and attractive.

The book was written at the same time and with the aid of Dr. Martin Lings as he wrote his acclaimed biography of the Prophet (which The Islamic Quarterly called “easily the best biography of the Prophet in the English language.’ ) and is thus a condensed version drawing directly on Dr. Lings’ book and extensive early Islamic manuscript research.

Although written for a younger audience, it can be usefully read by anyone as an introduction because of its completeness and clarity. The work has been assigned frequently to university students in world religion courses requiring a quick and accurate account of the subject.