THE FIRST MUSLIM BY LESLEY HAZELTON

 

   Modern world can’t digest the comments of Nupur Sharma against Prophet Muhammed (S). Prophet remarks controversy still remains in this atmosphere like the red sea. It is a miracle to hear that the man who is the historical man were penned scrupulously respect in the book written by Lesley Hazelton. Recently her book had been discussed widely in the battlefield of intellectual thoughts, because, she is a western author. Commonly, Western intellectuals try to mask the Islam with the smoke of Islamic extremism. But, the question is how she had differed from these western casuist?

                “The First Muslim” is classic write up of dual American and British women Lesley Hazelton, published in America more than a decade after 9/11 attacks. She also contributed “After the prophet” a biographical work for the world. It conveys the true story of Prophet Muhammed and his challenging life soon after the dark age. Recently, I was invited to clarify nupur Sharma’s comments on remarkable person. I just travelled through the lines of Lesley’s in the first Muslim. There I got whatever I want to draw a crystal clear picture of prophesier.

                Lesley cut across the book into three parts. The first part, as she starts with is ‘ORPHAN’ which narrate the painful untold story of Prophet Muhammed (S), who was left parentless in the childhood itself. undoubtedly, he was protected by the best hands in the tribe, a great miracle. Author takes u to the second part, EXILE, which tells us the honour diaspora from mecca to medina to escape persecution. He framed a peaceful coexistence between natives and immigrants from mecca. They were named as Ansaris and muhajirs. At last she derives us to the last part, LEADER, which relates the prophet as a ideal social leader to mankind.

                Lesley Hazelton is the first Author who presented the Prophet Muhammed (S), describing historical details and Quranic quotes. She highlighted the Prophet as the owner of profound humanity in his book. She tried to draw truthful image of prophet without any exaggeration. A boy who had lost his father before he was born, he lost his mother when he was all of six. Brought up by his grandfather, his was a remarkable rise from the edges of the society to a reasonably well off and trusted business agent by the time he was getting into middle age. 

                It is upon to hear a marginalised man beset by extraordinary circumstances in her thoughtful lines. “The First Man” is a remarkable biography of Prophet Muhammed (S) and exemplary literacy, is the first book I have read in my life about Prophet Muhammad.  Hazleton doesn't skip over the more mystical messages that I robbed in my minds. Muhammed’s divine message created division within his clan, Mohammed’s faith was surely tested but he met the challenges, God revealed himself to Mohammed, naming him as his messenger, he reunited mecca and medina through a pilgrimage and a battle. 

                Hazleton's book seeks to separate the man from the myth, drawing upon eye-witness accounts that detail both the mystical as well as the fallible moments of Muhammad's life. In addition to his role as a divine messenger, this biography sees him as a complex, multi-dimensional human being.

 

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lesley Hazleton is an award-winning writer whose work focuses on the intersection of religion, history, and politics. She is a former reporter focusing on the Middle East as well as a celebrated author and award recipient of The Stranger’s Genius in Literature Award. Hazleton has described herself as "a Jew who once seriously considered becoming a rabbi, a former convent schoolgirl who daydreamed about being a nun, an agnostic with a deep sense of religious mystery though no affinity for organized religion"

She is American-British writer, launched in 2010 The Accidental Theologist, a blog casting "an agnostic eye on religion, politics, and existence.

                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                          _ABDULLA AHMED_