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VI PREFACE. ,
Slane, na-enye nke a. Mana mkpirisi nkọwa biography nke ndị mmadụ
etinyere ya na akụkọ mmalite nke Islam ka enyere ^ ma ọ bụrụ na [ ọtụtụ n'ime ndị a nwere njikọ na ozizi okpukpe na emume- ego; ọnwụ nke Husain, dịka ọmụmaatụ, dịka ntọala nke emume Muharram; Abu Hanifah, dị ka njikọ ya na a / ụlọ akwụkwọ nke jurisprudence; na Khalif ah 'Umar dị ka ezigbo onye nchoputa nke j ike okpukperechi na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke Islam, N'ime ọkwa ndụ ndụ m nke Muhammad, Onye edemede ekwupụtala oke ọrụ ya nye Sir Nnukwu ọrụ William Muir, Ndụ nke Mahomet.
Ọ gaghị ekwe omume ka onye ọ bụla dee ihe gbasara Muham- Madanism na-enweghị nnukwu ụgwọ, ọ bụghị naanị Sir William Akwụkwọ Muir, kamakwa maka ọrụ nke Mazi Lane nwụrụ anwụ, onye edemede i nke ndị Ijipt oge a, mbipụta ọhụrụ nke Mr, | Stanley Lane Poole. Ọtụtụ nhota sitere na mpịakọta ndị a ga- dị n'ọrụ ugbu a.
Mana ebe onye edemede ahụ egbughị oge na mkpokọta a nweta onwe ya n'elu na ọrụ ndị yiri ya, o nwere, n'oge ogologo oge ibi n'etiti ndị Muhammadan, enweela ike ịkpọtụrụ ya ọtụtụ ọrụ Arabic na Persian na mbụ ha, na inweta Enyemaka nke ndị ọkà mmụta nwa amaala Muhammadan nke ụlọ akwụkwọ niile echiche na Islam.
Ọ nwere ezigbo ụgwọ maka Dr. F. Steingass, nke Univer- saịtị nke Munich, onye edemede nke Bekee-Arabic na Arabic-English Akwụkwọ ọkọwa okwu, maka iji nlezianya nyochaa ọrụ ahụ dum. Ihe na-adọrọ mmasị isiokwu na-ede si pen nke a pụrụ iche ọkà mmụta, dị ka yana ụfọdụ nkatọ bara uru na nhazi nke kuran, na Ihe osise nke Khalifah 'Umar.
Ndị Orientalists nwere ike, ikekwe, ọ tụrụ anya ịhụ na Sikhism nwere A na-emeso ya dị ka otu ndị Alakụba, mana a kwadoro onye nchịkọta akụkọ ahụ Edemede dị oke ike na nke ọkà mmụta gbasara isiokwu a nke Mr. F. Pincott dere, M.R.A.S., bụ́ ebe o gosiri na “okpukpe Nanak bụ n’ezie e bu n’obi dị ka nkwekọrịta n’etiti okpukpe Hindu na okpukpe Muhammad, ma ọ bụrụ o nwere ike ghara ọbụna ikwu maka okpukperechi nke onye Muhammad nkeji, ^ ' - mbipụta nke na-arụ ọrụ ugbu a yiri ka ọ kacha na-achọsi ike.
Na mmalite nke mbipụta nke ọrụ, Onye edemede nwetara enyemaka bara ezigbo uru site n'aka Rev. F.A.P. Shirreff, MA, Onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ kọleji Lahore Divinity, yana ndị ọzọ ndị enyi, nke ọ ga-abụrịrị na o ji ekele kweta.
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