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Muhammad: Man of God
This short study of the life of the Blessed Prophet of Islam, for high school and above, is neither a new historical analysis nor yet another purely devotional sketch of the earthly career of God's last prophet. This biography takes the spiritual dimensions into consideration as well as the more factual and historical elements of the life of the person who changed human history.
101 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
About the author
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
250 books743 followersSeyyed Hossein Nasr was born on April 7, 1933 (19 Farvadin 1312 A.H. solar) in Tehran into a family of distinguished scholars and physicians. His father, Seyyed Valiallah, a man of great learning and piety, was a physician to the Iranian royal family, as was his father before him. The name "Nasr" which means "victory" was conferred on Professor Nasr's grandfather by the King of Persia. Nasr also comes from a family of Sufis. One of his ancestors was Mulla Seyyed Muhammad Taqi Poshtmashhad, who was a famous saint of Kashan, and his mausoleum which is located next to the tomb of the Safavid king Shah Abbas, is still visited by pilgrims to this day.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. is one of the most important and foremost scholars of Islamic, Religious and Comparative Studies in the world today. Author of over fifty books and five hundred articles which have been translated into several major Islamic, European and Asian languages, Professor Nasr is a well known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and the Islamic world. An eloquent speaker with a charismatic presence, Nasr is a much sought after speaker at academic conferences and seminars, university and public lectures and also radio and television programs in his area of expertise. Possessor of an impressive academic and intellectual record, his career as a teacher and scholar spans over four decades.
Professor Nasr began his illustrious teaching career in 1955 when he was still a young and promising, doctoral student at Harvard University. Over the years, he has taught and trained an innumerable number of students who have come from the different parts of the world, and many of whom have become important and prominent scholars in their fields of study.
He has trained different generations of students over the years since 1958 when he was a professor at Tehran University and then, in America since the Iranian revolution in 1979, specifically at Temple University in Philadelphia from 1979 to 1984 and at the George Washington University since 1984 to the present day. The range of subjects and areas of study which Professor Nasr has involved and engaged himself with in his academic career and intellectual life are immense. As demonstrated by his numerous writings, lectures and speeches, Professor Nasr speaks and writes with great authority on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from philosophy to religion to spirituality, to music and art and architecture, to science and literature, to civilizational dialogues and the natural environment.
For Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, the quest for knowledge, specifically knowledge which enables man to understand the true nature of things and which furthermore, "liberates and delivers him from the fetters and limitations of earthly existence," has been and continues to be the central concern and determinant of his intellectual life.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. is one of the most important and foremost scholars of Islamic, Religious and Comparative Studies in the world today. Author of over fifty books and five hundred articles which have been translated into several major Islamic, European and Asian languages, Professor Nasr is a well known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and the Islamic world. An eloquent speaker with a charismatic presence, Nasr is a much sought after speaker at academic conferences and seminars, university and public lectures and also radio and television programs in his area of expertise. Possessor of an impressive academic and intellectual record, his career as a teacher and scholar spans over four decades.
Professor Nasr began his illustrious teaching career in 1955 when he was still a young and promising, doctoral student at Harvard University. Over the years, he has taught and trained an innumerable number of students who have come from the different parts of the world, and many of whom have become important and prominent scholars in their fields of study.
He has trained different generations of students over the years since 1958 when he was a professor at Tehran University and then, in America since the Iranian revolution in 1979, specifically at Temple University in Philadelphia from 1979 to 1984 and at the George Washington University since 1984 to the present day. The range of subjects and areas of study which Professor Nasr has involved and engaged himself with in his academic career and intellectual life are immense. As demonstrated by his numerous writings, lectures and speeches, Professor Nasr speaks and writes with great authority on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from philosophy to religion to spirituality, to music and art and architecture, to science and literature, to civilizational dialogues and the natural environment.
For Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, the quest for knowledge, specifically knowledge which enables man to understand the true nature of things and which furthermore, "liberates and delivers him from the fetters and limitations of earthly existence," has been and continues to be the central concern and determinant of his intellectual life.
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April 11, 2020
Sesuai dengan hasrat Nasr untuk melihat aspek kerohanian menerusi sirah Nabi Muhammad, ada beberapa perkara menarik yang dibahaskan pada akhir buku. Antaranya, hakikat anak yatim, adab, ilmu, peranan ibu bapa dan beberapa lagi
January 17, 2021
Muhammad Insan Kamil terjemahan Muhammad Man Of Allah merupakan sebuah buku biografi serba ringkas junjungan Nabi Muhammad saw sebelum dan selepas menjadi Rasul, sehinggalah ke akhir kewafatannya. Walaupun diceritakan secara ringkas, namun buku yang ditulis oleh Seyyed Hossein Nasr banyak membincangkan makna di sebalik kejadian atau peristiwa yang dilalui oleh Rasulullah saw.
Orientalis Barat sering mengkritik Nabi Muhammad saw yang mempunyai isteri yang ramai, namun begitu kritikan mereka hanyalah atas dasar bilangan, bukanlah sebab dan mengapa terjadi sesuatu perkahwinan itu berlaku. Dijawab oleh penulis bahawa;
"..Baginda tidak berkahwin sehingga berusia 25 tahun, dan dalam tahun-tahun berikut apabila keperluan batin begitu tinggi bagi kaum lelaki, Baginda hidup seorang isteri yang 15 tahun lebih tua daripadanya. Lebih daripada itu perkahwinan Baginda yang kemudian umumnya lebih bertujuan politik dan sosial. Ia bertujuan untuk membawa perpaduan antara kaum dan suku-suku di Semenanjung Arab di bawah satu naungan masyarakat dan politik.."
Buku ini juga menjawab juga kepada peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj yang sering kali juga dimainkan oleh Orientalis Barat dan saintis yang mengatakan bahawa perjalanan Nabi Muhammad saw diangkat ke langit adalah palsu semata-mata. Sedangkan, "...sains moden secara terang terangan menyatakan bahawa had kajiannya adalah dalam lingkungan realiti fizikal dan bukan realiti pada lapisan alam lain seperti alam rohani."
Banyak lagi yang diulas oleh penulis di dalam buku ini antara simbolik gua yang menjadi tempat persembunyian Nabi Muhammad saw ketika dikejar puak kafir Quraisy, penghijrahan Nabi ke Madinah yang menjadi satu fasa baru buat Baginda menjadi pemimpin, peristiwa peperangan dan sebagainya.
Agama Islam bukanlah agama yang mengajak kepada peperangan seperti yang digembar gemburkan oleh Orientalis Barat.
Memetik petikan di dalam buku ini;
"Walaupun peperangan Badar dan peperangan lain yang berikutnya merupakan penentu kepada kelahiran dan keutuhan masyarakat Islam yang baru lahir itu, Rasulullah masih menamakan peperangan itu sebagai jihad kecil (al-jihad al-saghar) dan apabila ditanya oleh para sahabat akan jihad besar (al-jihad al-akbar), maka Baginda menjawab, "berjihad menentang nafsu hawaniyah dalam diri seseorang".
Meskipun begitu, Rasulullah sebagai pemimpin pastinya tidak lari daripada tugas memimpin atau terlibat dalam peperangan apabila tiba pada 'masanya'. Peranan tersebut haruslah dilaksanakan, membuktikan bahawa Islam mencakupi segala aspek kehidupan sepertimana yang ditempuhi oleh Nabi Sulaiman dan Nabi Daud.
Saya kira buku ini banyak menjawab persoalan dan kritikan yang sering kali dilemparkan oleh pihak Orientalis Barat dan seharusnya buku ini dibaca oleh semua orang tidak kira apa anutan yang seseorang itu bawa.
Orientalis Barat sering mengkritik Nabi Muhammad saw yang mempunyai isteri yang ramai, namun begitu kritikan mereka hanyalah atas dasar bilangan, bukanlah sebab dan mengapa terjadi sesuatu perkahwinan itu berlaku. Dijawab oleh penulis bahawa;
"..Baginda tidak berkahwin sehingga berusia 25 tahun, dan dalam tahun-tahun berikut apabila keperluan batin begitu tinggi bagi kaum lelaki, Baginda hidup seorang isteri yang 15 tahun lebih tua daripadanya. Lebih daripada itu perkahwinan Baginda yang kemudian umumnya lebih bertujuan politik dan sosial. Ia bertujuan untuk membawa perpaduan antara kaum dan suku-suku di Semenanjung Arab di bawah satu naungan masyarakat dan politik.."
Buku ini juga menjawab juga kepada peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj yang sering kali juga dimainkan oleh Orientalis Barat dan saintis yang mengatakan bahawa perjalanan Nabi Muhammad saw diangkat ke langit adalah palsu semata-mata. Sedangkan, "...sains moden secara terang terangan menyatakan bahawa had kajiannya adalah dalam lingkungan realiti fizikal dan bukan realiti pada lapisan alam lain seperti alam rohani."
Banyak lagi yang diulas oleh penulis di dalam buku ini antara simbolik gua yang menjadi tempat persembunyian Nabi Muhammad saw ketika dikejar puak kafir Quraisy, penghijrahan Nabi ke Madinah yang menjadi satu fasa baru buat Baginda menjadi pemimpin, peristiwa peperangan dan sebagainya.
Agama Islam bukanlah agama yang mengajak kepada peperangan seperti yang digembar gemburkan oleh Orientalis Barat.
Memetik petikan di dalam buku ini;
"Walaupun peperangan Badar dan peperangan lain yang berikutnya merupakan penentu kepada kelahiran dan keutuhan masyarakat Islam yang baru lahir itu, Rasulullah masih menamakan peperangan itu sebagai jihad kecil (al-jihad al-saghar) dan apabila ditanya oleh para sahabat akan jihad besar (al-jihad al-akbar), maka Baginda menjawab, "berjihad menentang nafsu hawaniyah dalam diri seseorang".
Meskipun begitu, Rasulullah sebagai pemimpin pastinya tidak lari daripada tugas memimpin atau terlibat dalam peperangan apabila tiba pada 'masanya'. Peranan tersebut haruslah dilaksanakan, membuktikan bahawa Islam mencakupi segala aspek kehidupan sepertimana yang ditempuhi oleh Nabi Sulaiman dan Nabi Daud.
Saya kira buku ini banyak menjawab persoalan dan kritikan yang sering kali dilemparkan oleh pihak Orientalis Barat dan seharusnya buku ini dibaca oleh semua orang tidak kira apa anutan yang seseorang itu bawa.
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