The Road to Mecca by Asad, Muhammed By Muhammed Asad

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In this extraordinary and beautifully written autobiography Asad tells of his initial rejection of all institutional religions his entree into Taoism his fascinating travels as a diplomat and finally his embrace of Islam Can a modernsecular mind find it way into Islam and appreciate its truth And if so how is this possible As I was born in and raised into a Muslim society I took it for granted that Islam was the true calling of God At one point in my life I did some soul searching into what I really believed and found that while I was strong in my faith I needed help understanding things about Islam I found several books that helped but this bok expressed how I really felt Asad's experience is the perfect testimony of the modern reason finding its way into Islam and at the same time reconstructing the message and significance of Islam for the modern Muslim It helps us understand the relevance of uranic message for modernity Police One of the best books I've ever read The author's shockingly insightful and brilliant observations are something to behold he had such clarity and prescience as to make one's jaw drop His analyses of Islam Muslims specific Arab people Europeans Iranians and his encounters with the people of the time including heads of state spectacularEye opening and written in an engrossing style I could not put this book down Police Interesting story how I was introduced to this unusual book our leader of “Islam 101” group in local mosue Pakistani by nationality mentioned Muhammad Asad name once I found his biography in Wikipedia I finished his book in three evenings it was interesting to me than Three Musketeers that I read in my childhood His story is so unbelievable He was born as Jew in Lvov worked in Germany and finally became Muslim Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure” I am not Muslim but have Muslim’s friends and read whole uran twice; I’m Christian and like to have conversations with Muslims It still amazed me how Jew converted to Islam became one of the founders of Pakistan This book is great reading full of adventures stories about Arabs Just enjoy reading His another work is The Message of the ur'an a translation and commentary of the sacred book of Islam the ur'an I read it partially somehow in my group his translation was not recommended for study Police Muhammed Assad was a gifted journalist This gift makes the reading of his Near East adventures a highly entertaining experience The son of wealthy Jewish parents he came to Palestine in the early 1920's became an Anti Zionist and fell in love with the Arab world He returned to Europe after many adventurous journeys married a woman 14 years older then he was became a Muslim and went back East The story is told through the memories entertained during a camel ride to Mecca in the early 1930's although written about 20 years laterAsad was a fearless man he once walked from Haifa to Damscus without a passport and later dodged bullets while trying to advise the Sanusi rebels in Libya against fascist Italy He had an enormous talent for languages he could speak fluent Arabic and Persian in addition to the European languages and HebrewHe was immediately attracted to Islam Even before becoming a Muslim he had nothing but praise for it According to him Islam is completely class less accommodating spiritual and physical needs perfectlyAsad's criticism of the Western value system seems relevant today at least as it was then We might not share his conclusion and choose Islam but we cant deny that there is something wrong in the Western way of lifeThe book DOES NOT include Asad's Indian and Pakistanian years I do not know what book this information is from and I would really want to get it as I heard Asad WAS one of the people behind the estblishment of PakistanI recommand this truly extraordinary and enlightening book to everyone interested in what is really going on in the world Police This is a very well written book done in the form of a very descriptive autobiography The author looks with his mind through his eyes at people & the world around him in a very passionate way The inner thoughts of his life and adventures are really captivating It starts with him remembering the dissatisfied young man he was in Austria He leaves it to seek adventure and ends up in the Middle East & converts to Islam in 1926 Great story which includes his views about the world and those he met along the way I was not really in tune with all his personal views but understood his basic feelings He was born in 1900 & lived in Austria His birth name was Leopold Weiss His religious ancestry consisted of a long line of orthodox Rabbis except for his father who was a lawyer His parents were not religious and this I believe led to his lack of spirituality and turning from Judaism to Islam His view of Islam became an obsession He loved everything about the people who lived it and its teachings I however didn't understand how he seemed to always know all the great and powerful people who taught & ruled on the Arabian peninsula He was the personal friend & adviser of Islamic Kings Amirs Sheiks Scholars etc If so one might see why he was so taken by the religion He never the less presents himself as a humble man in tune with the simple life and seeking adventure and his place in life Really a great book even though he presents a one sided praise of Islam and a disgust for the western civilization Islam could be a wonderful religion if not for the fanatics who control it He himself hints to this during his writings but does not understand that he also has become one of them Very interesting story of a european secular Jew who found his calling with Islam and its people Police