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‘Amr One of the early hanifs , who was driven out of Mecca because of his stinging criticism of the traditional pagan religion; the uncle of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.
    Zaynab bint Jahsh Muhammad’s cousin; married first to Zayd ibn al-Harith; after their divorce, she married Muhammad.
    Zaynab bint Khuzaymah Muhammad’s wife; the daughter of the chief of the Bedouin tribe of ‘Amir; she died eight months after her marriage to the Prophet.
    Zaynab bint Muhammad The daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah; the wife of ‘Abu al-‘As; a devout pagan who for many years resisted conversion to Islam.

About the Author
     
     
    Karen Armstrong is the author of nearly twenty books, including The Great Transformation, A History of God , and The Spiral Staircase , a spiritual memoir, among other bestsellers. An internationally renowned expert on religion, Armstrong is a powerful voice for interfaith understanding. She lives in England.
     
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    MUHAMMAD . Copyright © 2006 by Karen Armstrong. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
     
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Armstrong, Karen.
        Muhammad : a prophet for our time / Karen Armstrong. — 1st ed.
        p. cm.—(Eminent lives)
    ISBN -10: 0-06-059897-2
    ISBN -13: 978-0-06-059897-6
    1. Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632—Biography. 2. Islam—21st Century. I. Title. II. Series.
    BP75.A764 2006
    297.6'3—dc22
    [B]
    2006045864
     
    EPUB Edition AUGUST 2013 ISBN 9780062316837
     
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