- Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum
Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (meaning The Sealed Nectar) is an authoritative and popular Sira (biography) of the Muslim prophet
Muhammad , written inArabic and then translated inUrdu by ShaikhSafi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri . ItsArabic version was awarded first prize by theMuslim World League , at the first "Islamic Conference on Seerah", following a world-wide competition for a book on theSirah Rasul Allah (life of Muhammad) in1979 (1399 AH). The book competed with 170 other manuscripts, 84 inArabic , 64 inUrdu , 21 in English, one in French and one inHausa . [" [http://www.dar-us-salam.com/store/main.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Dus&Product_Code=004&Category_Code=BT Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum - The Sealed Nectar] ". Dar-us-Salam Publications]The book takes into account various phases of the life of the Muhammad. The book provides authentic references which makes it more reliable and less controversial. The revised edition of the book consists of just less than 600 pages.
The title of the book is taken from
Quran ic verse "Yusqawna mirraheeq-(in)-makhtum-in" [http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Quran%20Transliteration.pdf] (meaning "Their drinks will be spiced with sealed nectar") [http://www.quran-islam.org/109.html] i.e.Ayat 25 ofSurat Al-Mutaffifin (The Cheaters) 83.ee also
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List of Sunni books References
External links
* [http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/index.htm Link to Full-text]
* [http://comp.uark.edu/~muslim/publications/Ar-Raheeq%20Al-Makhtum.pdf PDF format full-text]
* [http://www.oneurdu.com/index.php/topic,267.0.html Original Urdu version]
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