![]() ![]() ![]() While he was in Cairo, Martin composed his definitive account of Sufi doctrine in Arabic, which he later translated into English and published under the title of The Book of Certainty: The Sufi Doctrine of Faith, Wisdom and Gnosis (1952). ![]() It has been translated into many languages and won a number pf prizes in the Muslim world. This work is widely recognised as the most readable account of the life of the Prophet (PBUH) to date. Martin Lings was confirmed beyond all doubt by the publication of his classic biography: Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources (1983), the book written from the perspective of a scholar-historian who was also a Muslim. One of the greatest scholars of Islamic mysticism of this generation ![]()
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