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  "ar": "حياة النبي الخاتم ⁦(The Life of the Last Prophet)⁩",
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  "ar": "أول ألبوم أصدره يوسف إسلام بعد تركه صناعة البوب الغربية سنة 1978، صدر في 1 أبريل 1995 عن ماونتن أوف لايت وجمال، وهو عمل منطوق يروي سيرة النبي من يتمه إلى وفاته في أربعة وثلاثين فصلا تتخللها قراءات وأناشيد؛ أراد به مدح النبي، ومخاطبة الشباب ومن يريد فهم الإسلام، وشرح سبب تركه الصناعة في ذروة شهرته.",
  "en": "Yusuf Islam's first album after leaving the Western pop business in 1978, released on 1 April 1995 on Mountain of Light/Jamal: a spoken-word telling of the Prophet's life from orphanhood to death in thirty-four sections, with recitations and songs between them, meant to praise the Prophet, to reach young people and those who wish to understand Islam, and to explain why he left the business at the height of his career.",
  "ur": "مغربی پاپ صنعت 1978 میں چھوڑنے کے بعد یوسف اسلام کا پہلا البم، یکم اپریل 1995 کو ماؤنٹین آف لائٹ اور جمال سے جاری ہوا؛ یہ نبی کی سیرت کا یتیمی سے وفات تک چونتیس حصوں میں بیان ہے، جس کا مقصد نبی کی مدح، نوجوانوں اور اسلام سمجھنے کے خواہش مندوں تک پہنچنا اور صنعت چھوڑنے کی وجہ بتانا تھا۔"
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   "source": "English Wikipedia 'The Life of the Last Prophet' (revision 1365631373 of 23 July 2026, relying on the artist's website) and Wikidata Q7747220 (revision 2219263176), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 7 November 2026. The section list is summarised in the prose, not typed as tracks: several sections are Qur'an recitations, referenced by passage link only. Spoken word is not one of the music genres, so no genre is set",
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«حياة النبي الخاتم» أول ألبوم أصدره [[person/yusuf-islam|يوسف إسلام]] بعد تركه صناعة موسيقى البوب الغربية سنة 1978 حين كان يُعرف باسم كات ستيفنز، صدر في 1 أبريل 1995 عن «ماونتن أوف لايت» و«جمال»، وهو عمل صوتي منطوق. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en} {cite:wikidata-life-of-the-last-prophet} ولم يسجل بعد تلك المرحلة إلا ألبومات ذات موضوعات إسلامية، منها تسجيلات للأطفال مثل [[work/a-is-for-allah-yusuf-islam|«A Is for Allah»]]. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
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    {
     "heading": "غايته",
     "markdown": "تقول المقالة إن الألبوم محاولة لمدح [[person/muhammad|النبي]]، وإنه أراد به أيضا مخاطبة الشباب ومن يرغب في فهم الإسلام، وشرح سبب تركه، وهو فنان تجاري ناجح، صناعة الموسيقى في ذروة مسيرته. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "فصوله",
     "markdown": "يبدأ بالأذان ثم مقدمة، ويمضي مع السيرة في أربعة وثلاثين فصلا: اليتيم الوحيد، والأمين، والحجر الأسود، والغار، والإسراء والمعراج، والصلوات الخمس، والمدينة، و«الدستور الأول»، والمهاجرون والأنصار، وبدر، وصلح الحديبية، ورسائل إلى الملوك، وفتح مكة، وحجة الوداع، ووفاة النبي، ويختم بالدعاء وأنشودة «طلع البدر علينا». {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en} وتتخلله قراءات لسور يشير إليها المتحف ولا يكتب نصها، منها [[passage/quran-96-1|أول سورة العلق]] و[[passage/quran-1-1|الفاتحة]] و[[passage/quran-112-1|الإخلاص]] و[[passage/quran-17-1|أول سورة الإسراء]]. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية «The Life of the Last Prophet»، المراجعة 1365631373 في 23 يوليو 2026، وهي تعتمد على موقع الفنان. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}\n- عنصر ويكي بيانات Q7747220. {cite:wikidata-life-of-the-last-prophet}"
    }
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "The Life of the Last Prophet is the first album [[person/yusuf-islam|Yusuf Islam]] released after leaving the Western pop music business in 1978, when he was known as Cat Stevens; it came out on 1 April 1995 on Mountain of Light/Jamal as a spoken-word audio production. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en} {cite:wikidata-life-of-the-last-prophet} After that time he recorded only albums with Islamic themes, including recordings for children such as [[work/a-is-for-allah-yusuf-islam|A Is for Allah]]. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its aims",
     "markdown": "The article describes the album as an attempt to give praise to [[person/muhammad|the Prophet]], and to reach young people and those who wish to understand more about Islam, and to explain why so popular a commercial artist left the business at the height of his career. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its sections",
     "markdown": "It opens with the call to prayer and an introduction and follows the life in thirty-four sections: the lone orphan, the trustworthy, the Black Stone, the cave, the night journey, the five daily prayers, Medina, \"the first constitution\", the migrants and helpers, Badr, the truce of Hudaybiyya, the letters to rulers, the opening of Mecca, the farewell pilgrimage and the Prophet's death, closing with a supplication and the song 'Tala'a al-Badru 'Alayna'. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en} Between them come recitations of suras, which the museum points to and never types, among them [[passage/quran-96-1|the opening of al-'Alaq]], [[passage/quran-1-1|al-Fatiha]], [[passage/quran-112-1|al-Ikhlas]] and [[passage/quran-17-1|the opening of al-Isra']]. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, 'The Life of the Last Prophet', revision 1365631373 of 23 July 2026, relying on the artist's website. {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}\n- Wikidata item Q7747220. {cite:wikidata-life-of-the-last-prophet}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«دی لائف آف دی لاسٹ پرافٹ» وہ پہلا البم ہے جو [[person/yusuf-islam|یوسف اسلام]] نے 1978 میں مغربی پاپ صنعت چھوڑنے کے بعد جاری کیا؛ یہ یکم اپریل 1995 کو ماؤنٹین آف لائٹ اور جمال سے بولے ہوئے کلام کی صورت میں آیا۔ {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en} {cite:wikidata-life-of-the-last-prophet}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مقصد اور حصے",
     "markdown": "مضمون کے مطابق یہ [[person/muhammad|نبی]] کی مدح، نوجوانوں اور اسلام سمجھنے کے خواہش مندوں تک پہنچنے اور صنعت چھوڑنے کی وجہ بتانے کی کوشش ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en} یہ اذان سے شروع ہو کر سیرت کو چونتیس حصوں میں بیان کرتا ہے، اور بیچ میں سورتوں کی تلاوت ہے، جن کی طرف عجائب گھر صرف اشارہ کرتا ہے، جیسے [[passage/quran-1-1|الفاتحہ]] اور [[passage/quran-112-1|الاخلاص]]۔ {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}"
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     "heading": "مراجع",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، نظرِ ثانی 1365631373۔ {cite:wikipedia-life-of-the-last-prophet-en}\n- ویکی ڈیٹا Q7747220۔ {cite:wikidata-life-of-the-last-prophet}"
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