AUTHOR OF ‘THE FAITH OF ISLAM,’ ‘THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF
ISLAM,’ ‘ESSAYS ON ISLAM,’ ‘ISLAM: ITS RISE AND PROGRESS,’
‘THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUR’AN’ AND ‘THE
RECENSIONS OF THE QUR’AN’
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY
LONDON, MADRAS AND COLOMBO
1909
Canon Edward Sell
24 January 1839 – 15 February 1932
PREFACE
THE two battles here described, the one a victory, the other a defeat, were such important events in the career of Muhammad at Madina and afford such good illustrations of the value of the mode in which the Qur’an was revealed, — delivered, as Baidawi tells us, ‘According to the circumstances’ — that they are worthy of close and careful study.