Muhammad of Mecca: Prophet of Islam

by Elsa Marston

Chronicles the life of the prophet Muhammed from his birth in Mecca, through his preaching and the establishment of Islam, to his continuing legacy to the world.

Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Elsa Harik, known professionally as Elsa Marston, is an American author of children's books about the Middle East and North Africa. She died after completing her last book, "I Just Kept Walking."

Reviews

[Dru · Rating 2 out of 5]

     Muhammad of Mecca: Prophet of Islam By Elsa Marston

         By Dru Tillman

       This story is about the origins of the monotheistic religion of Islam and how it came to be.  The main characters were the prophet of Muhammad, and his allies that aided him throughout his life.  The plot developed by Allah telling Muhammad that he needs to spread the religion and have people bring their faith into it.  'The angel called Muhammad the messenger of God.' (Marston page 26).  

       This story does not have a theme.  The delivery was excellent, it is very informing and went straight to the point.  The voice of the book is third person, so the author was the narrator.  The author did a good job on telling us how Islam originated and where it came from.  The book didn't really move me but the religion does and I'm still having deep thoughts of converting to Islam.  One thing I've learned is how much Muhammad went through to spread the religion and to have people's faith focused towards it.  But, I think the audience should do their research on the religion before reading this because whatever Elsa Marston wrote could've been false information.  'Muhammad sent 300 men to fight off the Quraysh who had 3,000 men'. (Marston page 66).  I believe that she exaggerated the battles between Muhammad and the Quraysh.  

       For this book, I will rate this a 3 out of 5.  I only rate this a 3 because I did my research on the religion and her input of Islam is different than the sources I've researched.  But, most of her information about the Prophet of Islam is correct and the way she delivered it was good.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite genre, however, very interesting read if you ever wondered how Islam came to be. I requested this one on inter-library loan for suggested reading for the boys' medieval history studies. I learned a lot.

[Fahmishaibi]

This fall, also I read the book MUHAMMAD OF MECCA PROPHET OF ISLAM, by Elsa Marston. I chose this book because his Islam spread around the world and how Prophet Muhammad become prophet. This book is about how prophet Muhammad spread Islam and how people followed him. Also how people followed faith of Islam.
I like this book because is about my religion and how the author was interseting to read about or write about Islam.
I would recommend this book to other because its interesting to learn about other poeple religion and how people are interesting in Islam.