We recently discovered a very good translation of a transcript of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf speaking at last year’s BBC World Service’s In Praise of God conducted in 2006. This is for all the Malay speaking readers: Scholarly Masterpieces.

Even though the blog cites Moez Masoud’s website as the original source for the transcript, we first read about the transcript on MereIslam’s blog, which can be found here: Mere Islam

English excerpt:

His overwhelming magnanimity of character led to a mass conversion among the citizens of Mecca. Even Abu Sufyan, his archenemy, embraced the religion of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. In the months that followed, almost all of Arabia dispatched representatives to swear allegiance to this Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and to enter in the faith of Islam. In a period of twenty-three years Muhammad, peace be upon him, had succeeded in uniting a feuding people trapped in cycles of violence into one people with a sense of destiny and a mission that would transform the world.

Malay excerpt:

Kebaikan budi pekertinya yang mengkagumkan itu menyebabkan penduduk Mekah beramai-ramai menukar agama kepada Islam. Abu Sufyan, musuh utama baginda, juga memeluk agama Nabi saw. Pada bulan-bulan berikutnya, hampir semua negeri-negeri Arab menghantar wakil untuk bersumpah setia pada Nabi saw dan masuk Islam. Dalam tempoh masa dua puluh tiga tahun Muhammad saw telah berjaya dalam meyatukan kumpulan-kumpulan bermusuhan yang terperangkap dalam dunia keganasan, menjadikan mereka satu kaum yang memahami kehendak takdir dan satu kaum yang hidup dengan satu misi untuk mengubah dunia.