"An accessible and fresh biography boldly arguing that Muhammad's entrepreneurial mindset helped unleash the modern world. 'A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. I loved this book!' -Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. A six-year-old cries in his mother's arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: 'Muhammad, be...

Kecia Ali delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, she shows that far from being mutually opposed, these various perspectives have become increasingly interdependent.