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Martin Lings
AuthorBooks · Second hand1909-2005
Martin Lings, also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources.
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About Martin Lings
Birth
1909
Death
2005
Martin Lings, also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources.
Martin Lings was a multifaceted scholar who excelled as a writer, poet, philosopher, and orientalist.
His most renowned work is the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, a cornerstone of his bibliography.
Throughout his life, he published a total of 56 works exploring the depths of religion and Sufism.
His intellectual interests ranged from the philosophy of religion to the literary analysis of William Shakespeare.
Born in Burnage, he dedicated his career to bridging the gap between Eastern thought and Western culture.
