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Q: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan gave an effective reply to Sir William Muir's work "ute of Muhammad through his treatise entitled
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Sir William Muir’s Life of Muhammad agitated Sir Syed Ahmad Khan for its distortions. Syed Ahmad wrote in 1868. “ These days I am in a bit of turmoil. I have been reading the book William Muir wrote on the life of the Prophet. It has burned my heart and its injustices and prejudices have roasted my heart. I have resolved to write a biography of the Prophet just as I had earlier in tended, even if I have to spend all my money and become like a beggar, begging for alms.” Ahmad went to Britain to consult European literature on Islam and wrote a reply to Muir in the form of ‘A Series of Essays on the Life of Mohammed’. In his own opinion, this was his greatest service to the Muslim community and would guarantee his place in paradise. Here I am presenting an excerpt from the preface of the book written by Syed Ahmad Khan)
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