Emile Dremkin's contradictions in his book The Life of Muhammad between objectivity and the bearer

Abstract

Orientalist studies occupy a large space in the field of Islamic history, especially with regard to the biography of the Great Messenger (PBUH). It is no secret that these studies have great importance and weight in scientific circles, which has enabled them to shape the Western mind and determine its position on Islam and its Prophet (PBUH). Many Orientalists have conveyed many images of the life of the Messenger of God (PBUH) according to what they see and according to their personal whims, relying on false narratives and weak chains of transmission. Therefore, this study came to shed light on one of these Orientalists, the French Orientalist Emile Dermengum, who was described as moderate in his transmission of the pure biography in his book (The Life of Muhammad), at a time when his analyses took a path far removed from the teachings of Islam, citing Qur’anic verses that he interpreted with ostensible interpretations according to his limited understanding of those verses. The study included an introduction and two chapters. The introduction dealt with the beginnings of the emergence of Orientalism and its methods. The first chapter was concerned with defining the Orientalist and his book, while the second chapter dealt with the contradictions contained in the book and refuted them by relying on the most important Authorized sources and interpretations