''Muhammad at Mecca'' is a book about the

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ...

ic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...

, specifically about the first phase of his public mission, which concern his years in Mecca until the

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to Medina. It was written by the

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W. Montgomery Watt and published by

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in 1953. Watt's 1956 book '' Muhammad at Medina'' forms its sequel. Later a popular abridgement of these two volumes was published, ''Muhammad Prophet and Statesman'' (1961).

*Introduction *I. The Arabian Background **1. Economic Basis **2. Meccan Politics **3. The Social and Moral Background **4. The Religious and Intellectual Background *II. Muhammad's Early Life and Prophetical Call **1. Muhammad's Ancestry **2. Birth and Early Years **3. Marriage with Khadijah **4. The Call to be a Prophet **5. The Form of Muhammad's Prophetic Consciousness **6. The Chronology of the Meccan Period *III. The Primary Message **1. The Dating of the Qur'an **2. The Contents of the Early Passages **3. The Relevance of the Message to the Contemporary Situation **4. Further Reflections *IV. The First Muslims **1. Traditional Accounts of the Early Converts **2. Survey of the Earliest Muslims **3. The Appeal of Muhammad's Message *V. The Growth of Opposition **1. The Beginning of Opposition; the 'Satanic Verses' **2. The Abyssinian Affair **3. The Manoeuvres of the Opposition **4. The Witness of the Qur'an **5. The Leaders of the Opposition and their Motives *VI. Expanding Horizons **1. The Deterioration in Muhammad's Position **2. The Visit to at-Ta'if **3. Approaches to the Nomadic Tribes **4. Negotiations with Medina **5. The Hijrah **6. The Meccan Achievement *Excursus **A. The Ahabish **B. Arabian Monotheism and Judaeo-Christian Influence **C. The Hanifs **D. ''Tazakka'', &c. **E. List of Meccan Muslims and Pagans **F. The Traditions of 'Urwah **G. The Emigration to Abyssinia; the various Lists **H. The Return of the Emigrants from Abyssinia *Index

Editions

*1953: Oxford University Press *1993: Kazi Pubns Inc, *2004: Oxford University Press, Non-Islamic Islam studies literature Biographies of Muhammad 1953 non-fiction books {{islam-bio-book-stub