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About the
Author:
Dr. Martin Lings is the author of
the authoritative biography of the Prophet,
Muhammed, His Life Based on
the Earliest Sources. He has also written
What is Sufism?,
Ancient Beliefs and
Modern Superstitions,
Shakespeare in Light of Sacred
Art,
The Book of Certainty,
A Sufi Saint of the
Twentieth Century,
A Return to The Spirit-
Answers to Questions, The Quranic Art of Calligraphy and Illumination and
two volumes of poems, The Element and The Heralds. He is also the author of the
article on Sufism in the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the
chapter on Sufism in the Cambridge University Publication Religion in the Middle
East, and numerous articles for the quarterly journal Studies in Comparative
Religion.
Martin Lings was born in Burnage, Lancashire, 1909. After taking an English
degree at Oxford in 1932, he was appointed Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon at the
University of Kaunas. His interest in Islam and in Arabic took him to Egypt in
1939, and in the following year he was given a lectureship in Cairo University.
In 1952 he returned to England and took a degree in Arabic at London University.
From 1970-74 he was Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books at the
British Museum (in 1973 his Department became part of the British Library) where
he had been in special charge of the Qur’an manuscripts, amongst other treasures,
since 1955. Dr. Lings passed from this world on May 12th 2005 and is survived by
his wife.
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Selected Bibliography of Major Works:
The Book of Certainty: The Sufi Doctrine of Faith, Wisdom and Gnosis. Abu Bakr
Siraj al Din 1952, 1970, 1992
A Muslim [Sufi] Saint of the Twentieth Century. 1961, 1971,1973,1981,1982,1993
Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions. 1964, 1980, 1991
Shakespeare in the Light of Sacred Art. 1966
The Elements, and other Poems. 1967
The Heralds, and other Poems. 1970
Islamic Calligraphy and Illumination. 1971
What is Sufism?. 1975,1977, 1981, 1993
The Quranic Art of Calligraphy and Illumination. 1976, 1978, 1987
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. 1983,1985,1991
The Secret of Shakespeare. 1984
Collected Poems, 1987
The Eleventh Hour: The Spiritual Crisis of the Modern World in the Light of
Tradition and Prophecy. 1989
Symbol and Archetype: A Study of the Meaning of Existence. 1991, 2006
Mecca, 2004
Sufi Poems 2004
A Return to The Spirit- Answers to Questions. 2005
Splendours of Quran Calligraphy and Illumination, 2005
The Essential Martin Lings, 2006
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