The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth noveland was published in the year 1988. This novel was an inspiration from the life of Muhammad. It refers to title which is being known as satanic verses. According to it Muhammad was tricked into revealing these verses as part of the Quran by Satan.He retracted them saying the angel Jibreel had told him to do so. The verses allow for prayers of intercession to be made to three Pagan Meccan goddesses: Allat, Uzza, and Manah. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" in the book was based on the accounts of the Arab historians al-Waqidi and al-Tabari.
It was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist, eventually losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda and won the Whitbread Award for novel of the year.
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