Martin Lings, also known by his Islamic name Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din, was an English writer, Islamic scholar and philosopher who lived from 1909 to 2005. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare, he is best known as the author of the biography Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources.
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In 1939, Lings went to Cairo, Egypt, to visit a friend who was an assistant of René Guénon.
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Martin Lings (24 January 1909 - 12 May 2005), also known as Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher.
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Martin Lings (24 January 1909-12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher.
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was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher.
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