The Prophet A Tragedy In Five Acts And In Verse

Author : George H. Miles
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330294376
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book Mohammed, the Arabian Prophet written by George H. Miles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mohammed, the Arabian Prophet: A Tragedy, in Five Acts The design of this play is to explain the life of Mohammed, from the age of forty to his death, a period of twenty years. Many a single fact, in his extraordinary career, furnishes ample material for a play: many a fable, too, as Voltaire has proved. The love and apostasy of Ali and Fatima, breaking Abu Taleb's heart, - Ayesha betrothed to Omar, but wrested from him by her father, and consigned to the Prophet's arms, - Omar's hypocrisy for the sake of revenge; - plots like this, sparkling with brilliant scenes, occurred to temp me from my original design. But I found the naked history superior to all the inventions of imagination. Where the charm is in plot and surprise, repetition sickens us; where the characters themselves attract, it delights. After all that has been said, the true character of the great founder of Islam is but imperfectly understood. Had he not sincerely believed in the Unity of God, had he not detested idolatry, had he not most fervently wished to redeem Arabia from her slavish superstition, had he not been in earnest in all this, he could not have accomplished such great and permanent results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.