In this exploration of the Seerah, author Ekram Haque connects the challenges and obstacles the Prophet ﷺ faced with the current tribulations of daily living for believers all over the world.
Haque combines commentary and study of relevant passages of the Qur'an with primary sources of the Seerah from the period when scholars across the Muslim world were writing about the Prophet's ﷺ life, and draws parallels between his teachings and what is written in the Gospels and the Torah.
The Argument of the Title
Son of Abraham, brother of Moses, successor of Jesus. Each phrase makes a claim, and together they make the book's case: that the three Abrahamic faiths originate from a single source and a single message.
Descent from Abraham through Ismail. A prophetic mission structurally parallel to that of Moses — law, exodus, community. And a position in the line of prophethood that follows Jesus rather than displacing him.
Who It Speaks To
Christian and Jewish readers, who will find the framing familiar rather than foreign, and who are being invited to compare rather than convert.
Also Muslims in the West, who are asked about the relationship between the three religions constantly and rarely have a considered answer beyond assertion.
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