Abdul Majid Daryabadi and Orientalists’ Biographies of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)

Abstract

The orientalists have been writing on Islam, Orient and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) for many centuries. But Islam and the Prophet of Islam have been the most misunderstood ones in the western intellectual sphere. The Prophet has been maligned shamelessly and has been dubbed as imposter and the “renegade cardinal” etc. Abdul Majid Daryabadi, taking stock of some positive contributions of the Orientalists has also explicated the real nature of Orientalism, coloured as it is with centuries-old prejudices, misgivings and misunderstandings of the west regarding Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH).