{"title":"Muhammad’s Heart","authors":"Michael Muhammad Knight","doi":"10.5149/northcarolina/9781469658919.003.0003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses traditions in which various transcendent entities act upon Muhammad’s body, modifying the body for prophetic function. Special attention is given to Muhammad’s heart as the site at which these modifications occur, as in the famous “chest opening” episode from accounts of Muhammad’s life.","PeriodicalId":276986,"journal":{"name":"Muhammad's Body","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Muhammad's Body","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469658919.003.0003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
This chapter discusses traditions in which various transcendent entities act upon Muhammad’s body, modifying the body for prophetic function. Special attention is given to Muhammad’s heart as the site at which these modifications occur, as in the famous “chest opening” episode from accounts of Muhammad’s life.