Muhammad: Nabi Terunggul

by Sayyid Sulaiman Nadvi, Muhammad Hairi bin Ahmad Dahari (Translator)

Buku ini merupakan paduan beberapa siri ceramah yang disampaikan oleh pengarang pada tahun 1925 di Madras, India (Khutbat-e-Madras).

Dalam ceramah-ceramah ini, pengarang secara jelas mempersembahkan riwayat hidup Nabi Muhammad kepada khalayak sebagai susuk sejarah yang wajar diteladani – bukanlah semata-mata model utopia – bagi seluruh umat manusia. Buku ini wajar dimiliki oleh semua penuntut ilmu dalam kehidupan beragama.

Genres: Islam, Religion

290 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Nadvi was born on November 22, 1884 in the Desna village of Patna (then in British India). His father, Hakeem Sayyed Abul Hasan was a Sufi Muslim.

His first teachers were Khalifa Anwar Ali of Desna and Maqsood Ali of Ookhdi. Later he received his education from his elder brother, Hakeem Sayyed Abu Habeeb and his father, who was a physician at Islampur near Patna. In 1899 he went to Phulwari Sharif (Bihar) where he became a disciple of Maulana Mohiuddin and Sulaiman Phulwari. From there he went to Darbhanga where he studied for a few months at Madrasa-e-Imdadia.

In 1901, he was admitted into Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama at Lucknow. He studied for seven years at Nadva. He was also appointed sub-editor of the journal, An-Nadwa. his first article, Waqt (Time) was published in the monthly Urdu Journal Makhzan edited by Abdul Qadir. In 1906, he graduated from the Nadva. In 1908, Nadvi was appointed an instructor of Modern Arabic and Dogmatic Theology at Dar-ul-Uloom Nadva.

Aligarh Muslim University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctorate of Literature (DLitt) in 1940.

In 1910, Shibli Nomani began writing Sirat-un-Nabi (a highly regarded biography of Islam's Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Nadvi served as his literary assistant. After Nomani's death in 1914, Nadvi left his position as a professor at Deccan College, Pune and traveled to Azamgarh. There he edited and published the two first volumes of Sirat-un-Nabi penned by Nomani, and completed the remaining four volumes himself.

In October and November 1925, Nadvi delivered a series of eight lectures on the life Muhammad (PBUH) at Madras. These lectures were later published as Khutbat-e-Madras.

In 1933, he published one of his major works, Khayyam. The nucleus of this book was an article on noted Persian scholar and poet Omar Khayyam.

In 1940, he published Rahmat-e-Aalam, a children's book about Islam's Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Nadvi, along with others who favored Hindu-Muslim unity in British India, suggested that the term "Urdu" be abandoned in favor of "Hindustani" because the former conjured up the image of a military conquest and war whereas the latter had no such symbolic baggage.

Nadvi founded Dar-ul-Mosannefeen (Academy of Authors), also known as the Shibli Academy, at Azamgarh. The first book published there was Ard-ul-Quran (2 volumes).

Reviews

[Tuscany Bernier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book. Perhaps it was because it was exactly what I needed to hear recently?

There are eight well-written and well-translated chapters. I felt like the author reminded me of many great things but also threw a new fact in every once in a while so I still learned new things. I recommend this to anybody hoping to read a quick overview on why the Prophet Muhammad is neat. ♡

[KynaJusob · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Prinsip Utama agama adalah mencintai Tuhan dan menjadikan diri sebagai seorang yang layak untuk mendapat cinta dan belas ihsan daripada Tuhan"

The discussion revolved around the eminence of Prophet Muhammad as exemplary across times, races, and languages.

Author approach the subject in aspect of history, practicality, relevance, accessibility, wholesome and the message itself.

Each argument is well presented with nice elaboration. Author never fails to introduce the main idea and support it with sound evidence through sirah. What makes me fall deeper is author's in-depth understanding in comparative religion.

Love this work. Since this is a translated work, some wording didn't make sense, but it was a rare occasion. I would give 90% for translation. Well done.

[Aina Rohaizam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku yang banyak mengupas sejarah Nabi Muhammad yang bukan hanya sebarang fakta, tetapi banyak membuatkan pembaca lebih terbuka dan bermuhasabah tentang peranan besar nabi sendiri. Banyak juga menyentuh tentang kesempurnaan agama Islam dimana menjawab segala persoalan yang akhirnya menunjukkan kebenaran dan kesempurnaan itu datang dari agama Islam itu sendiri. Memang disarankan untuk memiliki buku ini untuk setiap seorang, malah boleh membedah buku ini lagi demi menerapkan amalan yang disarankan oleh nabi. Semoga pembaca memperolehi ibrah dan mengamalkan ilmu yang telah difahami. Ilmu yang diperolehi sayang sekali untuk tidak diamalkan. Anggaplah apa yang diperolehi ini akan menghasilkan buah yang manis setelah membajanya dengan baja yang tinggi kualitinya. Wallahu'alam

[Muhamad Haliff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buku terbaik untuk mengetahui mengapa Nabi Muhamad SAW sepatutnya dijadikan contoh dalam segala hal dalam hidup. Semoga buku ini dijadikan rujukan untuk pembaca mengetahui sebab mengapa Nabi Muhamad sepatutnya dijadikan teladan dalam menelasuri hidup.

[Muhammad Haiman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku yang saya rasa sangat kritis dalam pemikiran dan tulisan. Selalunya sirah Nabi SAW daripada kecil hingga Baginda wafat tapi buku ini ada hubungkait dengan perbezaan dengan nabi-nabi dan agama-agama lain dalam membuat perbandingan dari konteks ilmiah. Sangat bagus untuk dibaca.