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An orphan among traders becomes a preacher whose message challenges the leaders of Mecca.
In The Life of Mohammad, the Prophet of Allah, Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim trace Muhammad’s life as Muslim tradition tells it. Their account moves from Mecca to Medina and back, following a husband and merchant who becomes a preacher, a refugee and a leader.
The authors explore a world where trade, worship and power meet around the Kaaba. In their telling, Muhammad’s call to one God, justice and equality threatens Mecca’s leaders. Dinet, a French painter who becomes a Muslim, seeks to offer European readers a respectful alternative to hostile accounts.
What you’ll discover
- Mecca before the message Enter a trading town where the Quraysh guard the Kaaba and protect their standing.
- A life taking shape Follow the traditional account of an orphan’s path through marriage, trade and growing unease.
- Faith under pressure See how the authors portray persecution as a test for the first believers.
- A community in Medina Trace the move from Mecca toward a new community and the demands of leadership.
- An openly reverent portrait Explore how Dinet and Ben Ibrahim place respect for Muslim tradition at the heart of their account.
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For readers who love vivid biography, desert landscapes and the stories behind a world faith. It suits anyone curious about Makkah, Al-Madinah and the first Muslims.
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- A desert town shelters a sacred house
- A trusted merchant marries a wealthy widow
- Silence in the desert prepares a calling
- Opposition grows as the message goes public
- Grief, a stoning and a night of ascent
- A pledge by night opens the road to flight
- Al-Madinah turns refugees into brothers
- Three battles test the young community
- A treaty and a gentle conquest
- A farewell, a grave and a lasting argument
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Das Leben Mohammeds, des Propheten Allahs
by Etienne Dinet; Sliman Ben Ibrahim · 1918
An orphan from a barren desert town hears an angel in a cave and leads a faith that spreads throughout Arabia.
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Picture a town with no resources of its own, tucked into a rocky valley, where livelihoods depend on caravans trading with Yaman and Syria. Out of that town, in the year 570, comes a child who loses his father before birth and his mother at six.
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A desert town shelters a sacred house
The book begins in Makkah, a town modest in every worldly way. It sits in a narrow, rocky valley with no oasis and no river. Its only income comes from caravans. Yet its fame rests on the Ka'bah, a black cube draped in silk, which the authors call the Holy House of Allah.
Over the centuries the tribes forgot the one God and set up three hundred and sixty images around it. Abdullah, son of Abdul Muttalib, marries Aminah and dies two months before the birth. Mohammad is born on August 29, 570. He is sent to the Bedouin, where a poor nurse named Halimah takes him when no one else will, and her flocks flourish from that day.
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Dinet, Etienne, and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. The Life of Mohammad, the Prophet of Allah. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-of-mohammad-the-prophet-of-allah.
Dinet, E., & Ben Ibrahim, S. (2026). The life of Mohammad, the Prophet of Allah. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-of-mohammad-the-prophet-of-allah (Original work published 1918)
Dinet, Etienne, and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. The Life of Mohammad, the Prophet of Allah. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-of-mohammad-the-prophet-of-allah.
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What is The Life of Mohammad, the Prophet of Allah about?
It tells the life of the Prophet Mohammad in vivid scenes, from his birth in Makkah in 570 to his death in Al-Madinah in 632. It follows early Arab biographers and ends with the authors' view of Islam's civilization.
Who wrote this biography and when?
The French painter Etienne Dinet and his Algerian collaborator Sliman Ben Ibrahim wrote it. They completed it at Bou-Saada, in Algeria, on July 28, 1916, and drew on early sources, pilgrims' accounts and desert life.
What sources does the book use?
The authors follow the early biographers Ibn Hisham and Ibn Sa'd and the later writer Al-Halabi, and they check scenes against the Qur'an. They retell legends as parables and leave out miracles said to have come after his death.
The author
Etienne Dinet
1861–1929 · French painter
Étienne Dinet (1861–1929) was a French painter and writer. Born in Paris, he lived for many years in Bou Saâda, Algeria. With Sliman ben Ibrahim, he wrote The Life of Mohammad, the Prophet of Allah, published in 1918. He died in Paris and was buried in Bou Saâda.
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