''The Road to Mecca'', also known as ''Road to Mecca'' or ''Road to Makkah'', is the autobiography of Muslim scholar,
intellectual
An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator o ...
, political theorist and spiritual writer
Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad, ( ar, محمد أسد , ur, , born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Pakistani journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, political theorist and diplomat. He was a Jew but, later conve ...
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Reception
The book received critical acclaim upon publication, including reviews in prestigious New York City periodicals. One reviewer, writing in
New York Herald Tribune
The ''New York Herald Tribune'' was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966. It was created in 1924 when Ogden Mills Reid of the ''New-York Tribune'' acquired the '' New York Herald''. It was regarded as a "writer's newspaper" and competed ...
Book Review, called it an “intensely interesting and moving book.”
wrote:
As suffused with Arab lore as Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton (; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar,and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary kn ...
and almost as adventuresome as T.E. Lawrence, Muhammad Asad offers a similar blend of daring action and thoughtful observation. In addition, he surpasses either of these great predecessors as a prose stylist and interpreter of the Islamic faith
See also
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Timeline of Muhammad Asad's life
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The Message of The Qur'an
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This Law of Ours and Other Essays
''This Law of Ours and Other Essays'' is a book written by Muhammad Asad, first published by Dar al-Andalus, Gibraltar in 1987. The book is a collection of Asad's writings, lectures and radio broadcasts—some written as far back as the 1940s� ...
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The Principles of State and Government in Islam
''The Principles of State and Government in Islam'' is a book written by Muhammad Asad. It was originally published in 1961 by University of California Press, and a revised edition was published in 1980 by Islamic Book Trust
Islam (; ar, ...
References
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External links
Google BooksMartin Kramer's book review
1954 non-fiction books
Autobiographies
Islam-related literature
Muhammad Asad
1950s in Islam
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