النبی الخاتم

by مولانا مناظر احسن گیلانی

107 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1939

Reviews

[Uwais · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a dense reflective reading into the Prophet's life. It stands testimony to the rich contribution of Urdu literature to Sirah. I've yet to come across such a unique style and presentation in any other language. There's a real deftness to this work. Despite its relatively short size (100 pages), its definitely packed a lot of punch and you're guaranteed to find gems in here that you will not find elsewhere.

Moulana's style is no different to his other works, however his dexterity seems to have fared better on this topic. The rhetoric works in sirah. mA. Every sentence and paragraph captures great events that one could easily spend pages on, the author has managed to wonderfully summarise these events in clever sentences bringing out the points he wants to make. What's more, each point is couched in some kalami argument; in other words he adopts the Syed Sulaiman approach of writing sirah as i'jaz, as a miracle. One admires the author's conviction in this too, it really comes out.

Defo recommend this to Urdu readers who have a keen interest in Sirah.