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  1. Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish agnostic philosopher/historian who gave a series of lectures in 1840 titled, “On Heroes and Hero-Worship.”. He selected Muhammad to be his example of a Prophet as a Hero, and his discourse has been a cornucopia of quotations on the shortcomings of Islam on one hand and examples of blatant “Orientalism” on ...

  2. Apr 20, 2004 · It is perhaps commendable that Carlyle asserts and defends the importance of Islam and the devotion of its followers. He also defends the virtue and sincerity of Mohamet and the Koran . . . how is this assertion problematized by Carlyle's statements that refer to the "natural uncultivation" of the Koran or that refer to Mahomet as "an ...

  3. Jan 19, 2024 · “It is a great shame for anyone to listen to the accusation that Islam is a lie and that Muhammad was a fabricator and a deceiver. We saw that he remained steadfast upon his principles, with firm determination; kind and generous, compassionate, pious, virtuous, with real manhood, hardworking and sincere.

  4. Mar 5, 2012 · THE HERO AS PROPHET. Mahomet: Islam; Thomas Carlyle; Edited by Henry Duff Traill; Book: The Works of Thomas Carlyle; Online publication: 05 March 2012; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511707278.003

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  6. What Thomas Carlyle most liked about Prophet Muhammad, he says, is his “freedom from cant” a compliment to Prophet but also surely, a barb aimed at contemporary British society. Muhammad-The Greatest Teacher Ever! Carlyle discusses the fact that Prophet Muhammad was illiterate, he wrote:

  7. Aug 20, 2009 · Mahomet; Islam <Lecture 2: Heroes & hero worship> by. Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Publication date. 1902. Publisher. New York, Maynard, Merrill & co. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. University of Michigan. Language. English.

  8. Islam means, in its way, denial of self. This is yet the highest wisdom that heaven has revealed to our earth. Thomas Carlyle. Wise, Mean, Eye. As there is no danger of our becoming, any of us, Mahometans (i.e. Muslim), I mean to say all the good of him I justly can. Thomas Carlyle. Islamic, Mean, Becoming.

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