The first part discusses the nature of the Muslim and non-Muslim source material for the seventh- and eighth-century Middle East and argues that by lessening the divide between these two traditions, which has largely been erected by modern scholarship, we can come to a better appreciation of this.
Ingxenye yokuqala ikhuluma ngohlobo lomthombo womthombo wamaSulumane nabangewona amaSulumane wekhulu lesikhombisa nelesishiyagalombili leMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi ithi ngokunciphisa ukwehlukana phakathi kwalezi zinkambiso ezimbili, okwakhiwe kakhulu ngumfundaze wanamuhla, singafika ukwazisa okungcono kwalesi sikhathi esibucayi.