The Prophet Muhammad is the central figure in Islam, and thousands of stories have been told about him. Writer Lesley Hazleton decided to dig deeper and get a sense of who he was as a real person ...

"The best preparation for death is not fear, but surrender. Let go of what troubles you. Breathe into the mystery. Know that ...

“The Prophet Mohammed is depicted from 13th century onward," Christiane Gruber of the University of Michigan, who studies Islamic book arts and paintings of the Prophet Muhammad, told Here & Now ...

The book draws on both Sunni and Shia historical sources — innovative in itself — and also details Muhammad’s Jewish ancestry. Jebara believes these inclusions make the prophet’s story ...

It offers scholarly analysis of the Prophet Muhammad, but with a personal touch. Almost inescapably, writing this book became an act of worship for Knight, who converted to Islam in his teens.

A new biography of the Prophet Muhammad attempts to find the real man inside the mythology. Reviewer Drew Toal says the book describes the prophet as "a mostly reasonable, marginalized man beset ...

Textual portraits of Muhammad An early image showing Prophet Mohammed appointing his cousin and son-in-law Ali as his successor in an an Islamic miniature from A.D. 1307.

This past spring, she began plans for an eight-city book tour after the Aug. 12 publication date of "The Jewel of Medina" -- a tale of lust, love and intrigue in the prophet's harem.

The film creates a detailed and intimate portrait of Muhammad, the man and the prophet. It takes viewers not only to ancient Middle Eastern sites where Muhammad's story unfolded, but into the ...