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Muhammad at Mecca
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “book about the islamic prophet muhammad 's life in mecca written by the non- muslim islamic scholar william mon”. Today it says “book about the islamic prophet muhammad”.
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Muhammad at Mecca is a book about the Islamic prophet Muhammad , specifically about the first phase of his public mission, which concern his years in Mecca until the hijra to Medina. It was written by the non-Muslim Islamic scholar W. Watt's 1956 book Muhammad at Medina forms its sequel. Later a popular abridgement of these two volumes was published, Muhammad Prophet and Statesman (1961).
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book about the islamic prophet muhammad 's life in mecca written by the non- muslim islamic scholar william mon
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book about the islamic prophet muhammad
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