Who is Muhammad? What was his background? How did he get the idea that he was a Prophet sent by God? What was his primary message? What accounts for his appeal? These and many such questions have been very vividly answered in this compelling biographical narration which contextualizes the coming of the last prophet in the Abrahamic tradition. The author has portrayed the Prophet as a messenger with all the inherent mystique of the prophetic office. The book relies on the Qur'an and the ahadith to present the life and times of Prophet Muhammad.