Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth

IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE
THE MERCIFUL
PRAISE BELONGS TO GOD THE LORD OF THE
WORLDS AND MAY HIS BLESSING BE UPON
OUR LORD MUHAMMAD AND HIS FAMILY,
ALL OF THEM'
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MUHAMMAD'S PURE DESCENT
FROM ADAM
AbU Muhammad 'Abdu'l-Malik ibn Hisham the Grammarian said:
This is the book. of the biography of the apostle of God.
Muhammad was the son of 'Abdullah, b. 'Abdu'I-Muttalib (whose name
was Shayba), b. Hashim (whose name was 'Amr), b. 'Abdu Manaf (whose
name was al-Mughira), b. Qu~ayy (whose name was Zayd), b. Kilab, b.
Murra, b. Ka'b, b. Lu'ayy, b. Ghiilib, b. Fihr, b. Malik, b. aI-NaQr, b.
Kinana, b. Khuzayma, b. Mudrika (whose name was 'Amir), b. Ilyas,
b. MUQar, b. Nizar, b. Ma'add, b. 'Adnan, b. Udd (or Udad), b. Muqawwam,
b. Na\!iir, b. Tayra\!, b. Ya'rub, b. Yashjub, b. Nabit, b. Isma'iI,
b. Ibrahim, the friend of the Compassionate, b. Tari\! (who is Azar),
b. Na\!iir, b. Sariigh, b. Ra'ii, b. Fiilikh, b. 'Aybar, b. Shiilikh, b. Arfakhshadh,
b. Sam, b. Nii\!, b. Lamk, b. Mattiishalakh, b. Akhniikh, who is the
prophet Idris according to what they allege,' but God knows best (he was
the first of the sons of Adam to whom prophecy and writing with a pen were
given), b. Yard, b. Mahlil, b. Qaynan, b. Yanish, b. Shah, b. Adam (10).·
THE
LINE OF ISMA f IL
Isma'il b. Ibrahim begat twelve sons: Nabit the eldest, Qaydhar, Adhbul,
Mabsha, Misma\ Mashi, Dimma, Adhr, Tayma, Ya~ur, Nabish, Qaydhuma.
Their mother was Ra'la do MUQaQ b. 'Amr aI-Jurhumi (II).
Jurhum was the son of Yaqlan b. 'Aybar b. Shiilikh, and [Yaqlan was]'
Qa\1lan b. 'Aybar b. Shalikh. According to report Isma'iIlived 130 years,
I The fannula of blessinQ which follows every mention of the prophet is omitted hereafter.
Capital B. stands for 'Sons of'; b. for 'son of'; d. for 'daughter of'.
;;I The phrase employed indicates that the writer doubts the statement. There is a saying
in Arabic: 'There is a euphemism for everything and the polite way of saying "It '5 a Ii.e" is
"they aUege" (za 'amu)'.
3 These words are added by C. as the context demands.
• I.H.'s additions to the text are numbered 10 and onwards.