{"product_id":"the-first-muslim-the-story-of-muhammad-paperback","title":"The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad (Paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited – and remade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMuhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn The First Muslim, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHazleton’s account follows the arc of Muhammad’s rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHow did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider?\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eImpeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton’s narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, non-violence and violence, rejection and acclaim. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe First Muslim illuminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLesley Hazleton\u003c\/span\u003e reported on the Middle East from Jerusalem for more than a dozen years, and has written for Time, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and Harper's, among other publications.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Her last book, After the Prophet, was a finalist for the PEN-USA book Award. Hazleton lives in Seattle.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45011728695503,"sku":"9781782392323","price":28.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_1ef54624-01f7-4b09-9a94-82ba1c2270e1.jpg?v=1777538869","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-first-muslim-the-story-of-muhammad-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}