The Qur’an, the Prophet, and a Forgotten History – Juan Cole in conversation with Hamza Yusuf

Juan Cole 09/28/2019

From the podcast of the journal Renovatio: Journal of Zaytuna College.

Juan Cole’s Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (2018) retells the history of the prophetic period in seventh-century Arabia through the context of a brutal war between the Iranian Sassanian Empire and the Roman Empire in the Near East. In this conversation, Juan Cole and Hamza Yusuf reflect on how a new understanding of the historical period can give us sharper insights into the prophetic mission and the message of the Qur’an.

We are discussing my book,

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires, published October 9, 2018

Available at Barnes and Noble

And Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor

And Hachette

And Amazon

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page