Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman

by William Montgomery Watt

A short account of the life and achievements of one of the great figures of history, this volume also serves as an excellent introduction to one of the world's major religions.

Genres: Islam, History, Religion, Biography, Nonfiction, Middle East, Academic

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 1961

About the author

William Montgomery Watt was a Scottish historian, an Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Watt was one of the foremost non-Muslim interpreters of Islam in the West, was an enormously influential scholar in the field of Islamic studies and a much-revered name for many Muslims all over the world." Watt's comprehensive biography of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, Muhammad at Mecca (1953) and Muhammad at Medina (1956), are considered to be classics in the field .

Watt held visiting professorships at the University of Toronto, the Collège de France, and Georgetown University, and received the American Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal and won, as its first recipient, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies award for outstanding scholarship.

Reviews

[iljowder Abdulla Khalid]

بحثت عن عبقرية محمد عند العقاد ولكني وجدتها عن مونتغمري واط .

من المؤسف حقاً عدم وجود الطاقة والرغبة مؤخراً للكتابة عن الكتب الي اعجبتني وهذا واحد منهم بلاشك

[Mohammed Hussam]

كتاب يحاول أن يعالج السيرة بالرجوع إلى الظروف الاجتماعية للجزيرة في القرن السابع.. بشكل عام الكتاب لا يخلو من أهمية..

[نـــوّار]

لغة ترجمة الكتاب صعبة جدًا غير سلسة.. ولكن الكاتب(واط) قدم دراسة تحليلة لشخصية محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم كنبي ورجل دولة.. يستحق الكتاب ترجمة أسهل وأسلوب سلس