Prophet Muhammad Mustafa the Elect-1

by Osman Nuri Topbaş

Given that it is the Light of Muhammad which provides the reason for existence of all creation, it is impossible to do justice, solely through these humble words, to a life so unique and unblemished, of a man honoured by the Creator as the being His Beloved. Still, there await countless benefits for each and every person, depending on aptitude, in attempting to narrate the life of the Blessed Prophet, upon him be peace and blessings, and pass on his characteristics to new generations. Thus, we will consider ourselves honoured if, through this work, we are able to receive so little as a glimpse of the exceptional character of the Prophet and to be able to emulate his great morals. Let it be known that we are far from making the absurd claim of having duly understood and explained the Noble Prophet. With respect to the magnificence of the Messenger of Allah, our words should much rather be taken as a flimsy ray of light piercing through a punctured felt covering a lamp.

Genres: Islam

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 11, 2013

About the author

Osman Nuri Topbaş is a Turkish Sufi master and author who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the spiritual leader of Naqshbandi Sufi Order based in Erenköy, Kadıköy, İstanbul.

He completed his first training in Erenkoy Zihni Pasha Primary School. He took special Qur'an lessons in his primary school years. He entered Istanbul Imam Hatip School (Religious High School) in 1953. In those years, this school was an important educational institution having Ottoman’s great plane trees which can be counted as masters M. Celaleddin Okten and Mahir Iz; thinkers like Nureddin Topcu who has trained in West. Master (Ustadh) Osman Nuri Topbas completed this school with his uncle and peer Abidin Topbas in 1960. In his high school years, he has taken lessons from teachers like M. Zekai Konrapa, Yaman Dede (Abdülkadir Keçeoğlu), Ahmet Davutoğlu, Mahmud Bayram, Ali Rızâ Sağman. In his Imam-Hatip years, he met Ustadh Necip Fazil. He was a regular follower of Necip Fazil’s talks and magazine “Büyük Doğu”. After completing Imam-Hatip School successfully, he was occupied with trade and industrialism. He did his military service as reserve-officer teacher in Siirt-Tillo, in 1962. During his duty, the love of being teacher fell to his heart and he started to take pleasure from caring for the teenagers.

After comeback from military service he found himself again in commerce and industry. But he has never broken off his connection with wisdom and charitable services. He has worked actively in “Dissemination of knowledge society” (Ilim Yayma Cemiyeti). His workplace was like a charity, supplying scholarship to students, helping the poor. After founding “Hudayi Foundation”, he carried these services to the foundation. He opened the service horizon of the foundation. With this foundation, he helped materially and spiritually to all youth coming from societies especially from Turkish republics.

Due to his interest in history, literature, religious science and poetry, he started his writing life in 1990. His books have been translated into many languages such as Bosnian, English, German, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Albanian, Kazakh and Azeri. He welcomes seminar, conference and panel offers from all over the world and shares his opinions.

He is married and father of four children. His books are published online for free in 43 languages

Reviews

[Fatma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Osman Nuri Topbaş'ın 2 ciltten oluşan siyer kitabının ilkini bu dönem okuma grubunuzla okumuş olduk. Dili çok sade, anlaşılır ve Kuran'dan ayetlerle açıklamalarla ilerletildiği için herkesin kolaylıkla okuyabileceğini düşünüyorum. Fakat bazen kronolojiyi takip etmekte zorlandığım oldu. Bu yüzden ilk siyer okuyacak olan kişiler daha kronolojik netliğe sahip bir siyer kitabı seçmelerini önerebilirim.

İlk cilt Mekke dönemini anlattığı için yer yer Müslümanlara yapılan zülümleri okurken hüzünlenebiliyorsunuz yer yer de Müslümanlık sürecindeki hadiseleri okurken sevinebiliyorsunuz. Sonlara doğru Mediye'ye hicretin kapıları açılıyor ve Resulullah'ı (s.a.v) sevinçle karşılamalarıyla bitiyor. Okurken bize de o sevinç geliyor, hissediyorsunuz. ✨️🌺🌸

[Keely Maryum]

This is one of the best seerahs I have ever read. it was written in clear language making it easy to read.

[Zumzaa]

This found this Seerah to be extremely informative but lacked any emotional weight. There are often large and frequent subsections sometimes dealing with specific controversies surrounding an event and sometimes detailing the wisdom and further meanings and interpretations of one. To further that, an extensive number of quotations are used from the Quran, Sahih Hadith, scholarly opinions, and even the verse of poets to add to a point or used to make an entirely independent one.