{"product_id":"9781594632303","title":"The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLesley Hazleton's new book, \u003ci\u003eAgnostic: A Spirited Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, is out now from Riverhead Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim\u003c\/i\u003e, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHazleton’s account follows the arc of Muhammad’s rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton’s narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, nonviolence and violence, rejection and acclaim. \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045718606064,"sku":"9781594632303","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594632303_p0.jpg?v=1763808277","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594632303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}