1. Module (3) The
Representation of
Islam in World
Literature
Part (1) The image of Islam and
Prophet Mohammed in World
Literature

2. Writer Country
1 Dante Italy
2 George Sale
3 Edward Gibbon
4 Lord Byron
England
5 Bernard Shaw
6 Goethe
7 Cazentakes
Germany
8 Voltaire
9 Gustave Flaubert
France
10 Alexander Pushkin
12 Leo Tolstoy
Russia
13 Miguel de Cervantes
14 Placeos
Spain

3. • The early signs of interest in Islam go back to the Divine
Comedy by Dante.
• Dante defamed Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him) and depicted the prophet as one of the
dwellers of the Inferno.

4. • Sale was the first translator for the meaning of the Holy
Qur'an into English In 1834.

5. • Gibbon talked profusely about the
truth of sublime monotheism in
Islam.
• Gibbon confirmed that had the
west known the reality of Islam
civilization, the Roman Empire
would not have fallen.

6. • Byron maintained the deepest
feelings of respect toward the
Turkish and Muslims.
• Byron more than once thought of
converting to Islam.

7. • Shaw confirmed that he understood the spirit of Islam.
• Shaw confirmed that the basic Islamic value is the call to
equality.

8. • Goethe extolled the prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him)
in his poems.
• Goethe will always represent the
spirit of tolerance toward and deep
understanding of Islam.

9. • Cazentakes described the Prophet
(peace be upon him) as one of the
greatest personalities of the world.

10. • Voltaire praised the Prophet (peace be upon him) as one
of the three great legislators in the history of the world.

11. • Flaubert described Muslims as having a religion that is
not as negative as it is imagined.

12. • Pushkin was among the early Russian poets who were
inspired by the Prophet's life.

13. • Tolstoy expressed his love of the meanings contained in
many of the sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

14. • In Don Quixote , Cervantes distorts the image of the
Prophet (peace be upon him) and Muslims by describing
them as "creatures of an inferior quality”.

15. • Placeos wrote an important book about the bad effort of
Divine Comedy and refuted many of the false allegations
that Dante attached to the Prophet (peace be upon him).