Document Details
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Article In Journal |
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IMAGE OF THE MESSENGER MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IN ENGLISH LITERATURE صورة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم في الادب الانجليزي |
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Arabic |
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The research studies the English attitudes toward the Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) and how they are examined throughout the literary ages of the English Literature. The image of the Prophet passed through two productions. The research is going to deal with the Mediaeval and Elizabethan Ages as one production of the same image, and on the other hand, the Victorian and Modern Ages and a new production of literary images. Fantasy and interest of the English literature in the image of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) are approached. It has already appeared in many works on the religion, history and literature. Unfortunately, the Medieval literary works distorted the image of the Messenger Muhammad. He was presented as a wicked pope, an evil Arab, and an ugly idol. Largely, this surge of popular obsession belongs to the eighteenth century when the Arabian Nights (1706) are published in English. It represents Arab images in the context of history, culture, religion, and customs of the people of Islam. In the twentieth century, the trend becomes restricted as scholars brought down false images with truthful knowledge of Islam. Watt's major work (1953), Muhammad at Mecca and Muhammad at Medina, receives more in-depth treatment, as he gives an objective account of Islam and its Prophet. Watt’s scientific method of investigation will always remain interpretative. Different points of Western views are studied in this research. First, the continuous preponderance of negative biases, though some rightly argue, it needs to be overcome in order for Westerners to study the character of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) dispassionately. Second, some English writers such as Thomas Carlyle and W. M. Watt appreciated the role of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Their acknowledgment that Western opinions on the Prophet Muhammad are endemic, by claiming that the need to re-examine the image of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the medieval ages has become vital. Later, modern writers like Sir William Muir compares between Islam and Christianity on the issue of religiously motivated violence. This point of view needs to be discussed. Finally, intellectual attitudes in the literary eras and tendencies towards the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) have crystallized into patterns of thought such as Sharia, Jihad and Terrorism. These issues have been echoed for a millennia and worn smooth by generations of Western scholars. As a result of this, the Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) remains the most misunderstood person in the West. |
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1319-0989 |
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Arts and Humanities Journal |
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10 |
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2 |
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1430 AH
2010 AD |
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Article |
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 |
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Researchers
| فهد محمد العولقي | alolagi, fahd muhmmed | Investigator | Doctorate | falolaqi@kau.edu.sa |
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