This book offers a narrative analysis, coupled with a historical anthropology, of the stories that feature Muhammad's grandfather in Ibn Ishaq's Sira. These stories form a narrative sequence composed of several episodes that cascade to a prophetic birth.

Cet ouvrage propose une analyse narrative, accompagnee d'une anthropologie historique, des recits qui mettent en scene le grand-pere de Muhammad dans la Sira d'Ibn Ishaq. Ces recits forment une sequence narrative composee de plusieurs episodes qui aboutissent en cascade a une naissance prophetique.