Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabahani
(Tr.) Amjad Mahmood

From al-Anwar al-Muhammadiyyah (The Muhammadan Lights)

The present work is a translation of one of several sections of Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani's acclaimed work on the Prophet's biography, characteristics and virtues, al-Anwar al-Muhammadiyyah (The Muhammadan Lights). The author dedicated this section to an exhaustive treatment of the Our'anic verses that specifically relate to the Prophet Muhammadﷺ, his exalted rank and special status, as well as those verses comprising an exhortation to obey him and emulate his sunnah and the proper manners towards him, and dispelling obscurities arising from otherwise ambiguous verses revealed concerning him &, amongst other such matters.

Imam Yusuf al-Nabahani (d. 1350/1932) was a Shafi'i scholar, judge, Sufi, poet and a prolific author, having penned over fifty works in various Islamic disciplines, such as jurisprudence, theology, hadith, Prophetic biography, heresiology and Sufism. He served as Chief Judge of Jerusalem before being appointed Chief Justice of Beirut, where he remained for approximately twenty years.