: It relies on 8th and 9th-century Arabic biographies (sira).

You can download the full PDF of Sejarah Hidup Muhammad , the Indonesian translation of Martin Lings' acclaimed biography, through official academic repositories and digital libraries. Direct Download Links (Indonesian) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Repository : Provides a complete PDF of the Indonesian edition titled Sejarah Hidup Muhammad

: Details of the Prophet’s birth, childhood, and marriage to Khadijah.

Years later, an old man on a train read a worn book called Cahaya and smiled as he remembered a younger traveler with a lamp that never went out. He had been guided once, and so he guided others.