Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Martin Lings

Born: January 24, 1909
Died: May 12, 2005 (aged 96)
Bio: Martin Lings, also known as Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din, was an English writer and scholar, a student of Frithjof Schuon and a Shakespearean scholar. He is best known as the author of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, first published in 1983 and still in print.
Known for:
- Ancient beliefs and modern superstitions (1964)
- The book of certainty (1970)
- A Return to the Spirit (2005)