Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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)