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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : Herbert George


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16-09-2012, 06:53 AM
H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
Herbert George "H.G." Wells was the renowned English writer who earned his B.C.S. in 1888 and worked as a teacher for many years after which he devoted himself to writing. He is famous for his fiction stories such as The Time Machine; The Invisible Man; The Island of Doctor Moreau; The War of the Worlds; The First Men on the Moon; and The Shape of Things to Come. Wells also wrote nonfiction. He composed his bestselling three-volume work, The Outline of History in 1920. Wells reprised his outline in 1922 with a much shorter popular work, A Short History of the World. He also wrote psychological novels such as The New Machiavelli; The Marriage; and others. He has a book in autobiography entitled Experiment in Autobiography.
From The Outline of History:
He established great traditions
“A year before his death, at the end of the tenth year of Hegira, Muhammad made his last pilgrimage from Madînah to Makkah. He made then a great sermon to his people … The reader will note that the first paragraph sweeps away all plunder and blood feuds among the followers of Islam. The last makes the believing Negro the equal of the Caliph. … They established in the world a great tradition of dignified, fair dealing, breathed a spirit of generosity and acknowledged that they are human and workable. They created a society more free from widespread cruelty and social oppression than any society that had ever been in the world before.”[1] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36653#_ftn1)
The friend is the best witness
“Can a man who has no good qualities hold a friend? This is because those who knew Muhammad best believed in him most. Khadîjah for all her days believed in him — but she may have been a fond woman. Abu Bakr is a better witness and he never wavered in his devotion. Abu Bakr believed in the Prophet and it is very hard for anyone who reads the history of these times not to believe in Abu Bakr. ‘Ali (ibn Abu Tâlib) again risked his life for the Prophet in his darkest days.”[2] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36653#_ftn2)
A new culture
“They (the Arabs) gave the world a new culture. They created a religion that is still to this day one of the most vital forces in the world. The man who fired this Arab flame … (was) named Muhammad.”[3] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36653#_ftn3)


[1] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36653#_ftnref1)H. G. Wells, The Outline of History, 580.

[2] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36653#_ftnref2)Ibid. 579.

[3] (http://islamstory.com/en/node/36653#_ftnref3) H. G. Wells, A Short History of the World, 248-249.