{"product_id":"the-first-muslim","title":"The First Muslim","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited and remade. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesley Hazleton's new book, \u003ci\u003eAgnostic: A Spirited Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, is out now from Riverhead Books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Muhammad s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim\u003c\/i\u003e, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hazleton s account follows the arc of Muhammad s rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world  How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice  How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning  How did the outsider become the ultimate insider \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Impeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton s narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, nonviolence and violence, rejection and acclaim. \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53935687369042,"sku":"9781594632303","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_e0a26023-f430-4b48-af0d-64670126b517.jpg?v=1783310506","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-first-muslim","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}