Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam's Obscure Origins (43 page)

Life of Mahomet and History of Islam to the Era of Hegina, A
(Muir),
10

Lisan al-Arab (The Language of the Arabs)
,
185

literalism,
5

Lot,
115

Lüling, Günter,
9
,
13
–
14
,
166
,
172
–
73
,
177
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178
,
180
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82

Luxenberg, Christoph,
9
,
14
,
54
,
55
,
155
,
165
–
70
,
173
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75
,
183
,
184

Macbeth, King of Scotland,
7
,
214

Mahdi, al-,
71

Mahdi, Muhammad ibn Mansur al-,
78

Mahgrayé
,
36

Mahmet,
31
–
32
,
34

Makhul,
70

Malik ibn Anas,
xv
,
59
,
71
,
82
,
88
,
198
–
99

Mamun, al-,
164

Mansur, al-,
71

Margoliouth, David S.,
9
,
89
,
90

marriage,
109
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17
,
140
–
41

martyrdom,
14
,
120
,
168
,
211

Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa,
78

Marwan ibn al-Hakam,
189

Mary (mother of Jesus),
xv
,
18
,
45
,
51
,
115
,
156
,
167

Matthew, Gospel of,
22
,
97

Maududi, Syed Abul Ala,
127

Mecca,
13
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30
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33
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34
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48
,
72
,
94
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
104
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5

Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam
(Crone),
13

Medina,
48
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64
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65
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71
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73
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76
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93
,
95
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99
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101
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102
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106
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120
,
147
,
204

Messenger of God,
17
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18

Messiah,
xv
,
18
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20
,
21
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36
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45
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51
,
167
,
179

Methodists,
5

Mhmt
,
23

Middle East,
6
,
13
,
63
,
195

Mingana, Alphonse,
9
,
155
–
56

miracles,
4
,
94
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95

Mohammed der prophet, sein Leben und sein Lehre (Muhammad the Prophet, His Life and His Teaching)
(Weil),
9

monotheism,
47
,
207
; Abrahamic,
209
; Arab,
ix
,
34
,
57
; Muawiya and,
33
–
34
,
49
,
57
; Muhammad and,
102
,
106
,
203

Monothelitism,
56

Moses,
17
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31
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34
,
49
,
54
,
61
,
115

Mother of the Book
(umm al-kitab)
,
126

Motzki, Harald,
83

Muawiya,
206
; Battle of Siffin and,
189
–
92
; caliphate of,
xiv
,
xvii
,
41
; coinage and inscriptions and,
xiv
,
41
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42
,
46
,
47
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48
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49
,
50
; Constantine, letter to of,
xiv
,
33
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34
,
207
; factionalism and Hadith and,
72
–
73
; monotheism and,
49
,
57
; Qur'an, standardization of and,
85
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86

Mufid, Sheikh al-,
81

Mughira, al-,
73

Muhajirun,
33
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36
,
59
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92
,
195
,
205

Muhammad,
46
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47
; absence of mention of,
17
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39
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41
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42
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49
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63
,
205
; Arabian conquest and,
2
,
7
,
24
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28
,
41
,
48
,
191
; as Arab prophet,
100
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106
; archaeological evidence of,
ix
; authority of,
xv
,
35
,
210
; canonical account of,
ix
,
6
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7
,
22
,
109
,
205
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7
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212
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13
; coinage and inscriptions and,
xiv
,
xv
,
42
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46
,
46
–
47
,
52
–
53
; death of,
xiii
,
2
,
21
,
22
,
205
;
Doctrina Jacobi
and,
22
–
23
; embarrassment of,
107
–
24
; example of,
6
,
67
–
72
; existence of,
ix
–
xi
,
1
–
3
,
6
–
8
,
214
–
17
; family of,
xvi
,
xvii
; first mention of,
206
; forgetfulness of,
131
–
34
,
212
; Hadith and,
xi
,
xv
,
10
,
11
,
19
,
68
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72
; Hijra of,
48
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49
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73
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92
,
93
,
147
,
204
,
222
; historical impact of,
1
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2
,
7
; historical scrutiny and,
6
–
8
; historicity of,
ix
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xi
,
1
–
3
,
9
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10
,
109
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14
; Ibn Ishaq's biography of,
ix
,
xv
,
19
,
46
,
87
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106
; inventing,
63
–
86
; Islam, founding of and,
ix
,
2
,
6
; Islamic law and,
67
,
68
,
71
,
88
; Islamic practice and,
68
,
70
; Islamic theology and,
67
; Islamic tradition and,
ix
,
10
,
67
,
117
; legend and,
2
,
6
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8
,
19
,
210
–
11
; magic and,
121
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23
; as Messenger of God,
xv
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18
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19
,
21
,
52
–
53
,
56
,
58
,
98
,
114
,
213
; monotheism and,
102
,
106
,
203
; non-Arabic sources of information on,
146
–
47
; non-Muslim sources of information about,
31
–
34
,
41
; personality of,
6
,
90
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91
,
123
–
24
; political theology of,
208
–
9
; polygamy of,
xvi
,
109
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17
; revelations of Qur'an to,
xiii
,
3
,
18
,
125
,
127
,
128
–
30
,
131
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34
,
157
; satanic verses and,
89
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90
; as Seal of the Prophets,
18
,
114
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17
,
212
; as teacher,
6
; Zaynab, marriage to and,
109
–
19

“Muhammad and the Origins of Islam” (Renan),
1

Muhammad at Mecca
(Watt),
2
,
99

Muhammad at Medina
(Watt),
2
,
99

Muir, William,
10
,
126
–
27

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Qushayri,
77

Muslims: absence of mention of,
30
,
31
,
33
,
205
; Arabian conquest and,
205
; in Europe,
xv
; first mention of,
xv
,
35
–
36
; historical scrutiny and,
3
; Jews and,
33
–
34
; Muhammad and,
ix
,
6
; paganism and,
29
; Quraysh and,
102
–
3
; Spain, conquest of by,
xv
; Treaty of Hudaibiya and,
75
; Wars of Apostasy (632–633) and,
28