LIFE GUARD William Montgomery Watt (1909-2006) Historian, Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh; one of the foremost and influential non-Muslim scholars of Islam. “The more one reflects on the history of Muhammad and of early Islam, the more one is amazed at the vastness of his achievement. Circumstances presented him with an opportunity such as few men have had, but the man was fully matched with the hour. Had it not been for his gifts as a seer, statesman, and administrator and, behind these, his trust in God and firm belief that God had sent him, a notable chapter in the history of mankind would have remained unwritten. It is my hope that this study of his life may contribute to a fresh appraisal and appreciation of one of the greatest of the sons of Adam.”12 Such is a testimony of a biographer who was not favourably disposed towards the Holy Prophetsa. Reverend Bosworth Smith (1839-1908) Schoolmaster and author. “In 1874 he delivered
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