Migration to Madinah: A Glorious Chapter of Prophet’s Sīrah (A Critical Study of the Orientalists’ Interpretations)
Abstract
The migration to Madinah is undoubtedly a revolutionary incident in the history of Islam. The stubborn and inflexible attitude of Meccans, their atrocities against the Muslims and the unending hurdles in the preaching of Islam were the major causes of this migration. Orientalists have penned mostly on the history of Islam with their interests and objectives. At one side, they describe the Islamic history, but more often they raise such discussions which contradict the basic conceptions of Islam. Likewise, about migration to Madinah, Orientalists have included some theories such as the real cause of this migration that need to be addressed such as, they referred that the migration to Madinah served as a great opportunity to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for gaining political power and making his followers economically strong and that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was invited to Madinah only as an arbitrator and not as a Prophet. In this article, an attempt has been made to point out the fallacies of such orientalist assumptions and theories. The article presents the point of view of the Orientalists and discusses with strong arguments subsequently to falsify their misconceptions. The research is a masterpiece for all those who have an interest in Sīrah and love reading rational reasoning on the sacredness of Islam.
Sabahat Afzal, Abu Bakr. (2020) ہجرت مدینہ:سیرتِ رسولﷺ کا ایک روشن باب (استشراقی توجیہات کا تنقیدی جائزہ), AFKĀR (Journal of Islamic & Religious Studies) , Volume 4, Issue 1.
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