Martin Lings

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Martin Lings (1909-2005) was a renowned British scholar who taught at several European universities and the University of Cairo. He was the keeper of Oriental manuscripts in the British Museum and the British Library and the author of numerous books on religion and spirituality, including The Book of Certainty, What is Sufism?, Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions, and the internationally acclaimed Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources.

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Books by Martin Lings

Muhammad

His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

By Martin Lings

A revised edition of the internationally acclaimed biography of the prophet • Includes important additions about the prophet’s spread of Islam into Syria and its neighboring states • Contains original English translations from 8th and 9th century biographies, presented in authoritative language •...

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Shakespeare's Window into the Soul

The Mystical Wisdom in Shakespeare's Characters

By Martin Lings

Foreword by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales

A study of the mystical, spiritual, and profound visionary wisdom contained in Shakespeare’s plays• Reveals the significant mystical symbolism in ten of Shakespeare’s later, more mature, works including Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Tempest• Shows the progress of Shakespeare’s own spiritual developmen...

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