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Title: Read this before reading the Koran or Hadith
Review: This book does far more than provided a detailed biography of the Prophet Mohammad, it also provides the historical context by which you can read the Koran. I actually wished I read this book before I read the Koran. It would have made much more sense.When I first read the Koran, I literally got a headache. To me, it seemed to be a jumbled mess of unrelated chapters. I later found out that it actually was. For some odd reason, the Koran is not arranged chronologically, which makes it very difficult to read. This book actually linearized everything for me, so I indirectly got an idea of how the Koran should have been arranged.This, however, is not a book for the faint of heart; it is extremely vast. I actually wasn't able to finish it. I do intend to finish it one day, though.
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