Watt's 1956 book Muhammad at Medina forms its sequel. Later a popular abridgement of these two volumes was published, Muhammad Prophet and Statesman (1961).
Contents
Introduction
I. The Arabian Background
1. Economic Basis
2. Meccan Politics
3. The Social and Moral Background
4. The Religious and Intellectual Background
II. Muhammad's Early Life and Prophetical Call
1. Muhammad's Ancestry
2. Birth and Early Years
3. Marriage with Khadijah
4. The Call to be a Prophet
5. The Form of Muhammad's Prophetic Consciousness
6. The Chronology of the Meccan Period
III. The Primary Message
1. The Dating of the Qur'an
2. The Contents of the Early Passages
3. The Relevance of the Message to the Contemporary Situation
4. Further Reflections
IV. The First Muslims
1. Traditional Accounts of the Early Converts
2. Survey of the Earliest Muslims
3. The Appeal of Muhammad's Message
V. The Growth of Opposition
1. The Beginning of Opposition; the 'Satanic Verses'
2. The Abyssinian Affair
3. The Manoeuvres of the Opposition
4. The Witness of the Qur'an
5. The Leaders of the Opposition and their Motives
VI. Expanding Horizons
1. The Deterioration in Muhammad's Position
2. The Visit to at-Ta'if
3. Approaches to the Nomadic Tribes
4. Negotiations with Medina
5. The Hijrah
6. The Meccan Achievement
Excursus
A. The Ahabish
B. Arabian Monotheism and Judaeo-Christian Influence