Early Life of a Prophet

While praying, the archangel Gabriel appeared to him with revelations from God. He then used the revelations he received to introduce Islam to everyone around him. It was here that Muhammad was named Prophet, and Mecca became the birthplace of one of the largest religions in the world. Islam spread rapidly because of military conquests, existing trade routes, and the overall appeal to the message.

Muhammad was known as the prophet of Islam. After receiving messages from Allah ( the concept of God in Islam) for two years, he thought it was time to preach the word of Allah. Through that Muhammad successfully was able to spread the word of Allah not only through religion but also politically to. Through the government Islam was able to spread even more after the four “rightly guided” caliphs (caliph means successor or deputy) continued to spread Islam. People seeked for new religious ideas.

Mecca’s envy of Medina resulted in a series of battles between the two cities, which helped provoke the “Battle of the Trench,” in which the Meccan’s surrounded the city of Median. Mohamed helped built tunnels and trenches for soldiers to get a way. Many of the people surrendered to the new Monotheistic faith, which combined Hebrew, and Christian faiths.

hostility from Meccan tribes. After 8 years he had gained up to 10,000 followers who

Muhammad a prophet for our time is written by Karen Armstrong. This book is like a diary that tells the life of Muhammad and how he played a big role in the Islamic religion. Muhammad was born in the year 570 ce and died in 623 ce. Muhammad was a man who did not have much going for him, he couldn’t read and lived in a cave with his wife at the time. When Muhammad was reached down upon by Allah he did not know what was happening and why it was happening. “ he knew that some people expected the imminent arrival of an Arab prophet, but it never occurred to him that he would be the one entrusted with the mission.” (p.10). Muhammad was 40 years old when this happened and he lived in Mecca. Mecca at the time had many different civilizations and was a big trading center. Arabs at the time did not like this and kept moving from places to place to get something stable. Some of the Arabs even had settled in urban areas around Mecca. Society in Mecca was based on laws and traditions that even though Allah is the main god

In 613 AD, Muhammad’s message transitioned into a shahadah: the twofold profession of faith claiming that there is no god but God and Muhammad is God’s Messenger. Although religious proclamation was not new to Mecca, Muhammad’s claim to being unequal from others and attack on the uselessness of the Ka‘ba set him apart from previous prophets. Additionally, this message targeted Muhammad for persecution from the Quraysh, who did not want their religio-system upturned. Despite some persecution and a boycott on trading with

After Mohammed's death in 632 CE, faithful Muslims waged wars to spread their faith beyond the Arabian peninsula. Even though those who were conquered were not forced to convert to Islam, the presence of Islam after the captures were enough for a magnitude of people to convert. The Muslims were commanded to, “‘Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you, but do not be the aggressors.’” Any wars that were fought against unbelievers were to be in representation of God and were to lead by example of the Prophet (Document 5). So, they brought their faith with them into battle, and therefore the

Islam is a monotheistic faith founded by the prophet Mohammad. His followers, called Muslims, spread the religion throughout the Middle East, Asia and parts of Europe and Africa. The religion was founded in the Arabian Peninsula, a desert with little fertile soil and farming. Most of the Arabs lived in desert tribes, which were centered around family and ruled by clans. Mohammad was born in Mecca, now a holy city to billions of Muslims, and was orphaned at a young age and raised by his grandparents. Mohammad grew up to be a successful and honest merchant. In 610, the angel Gabriel told Mohammad that he was a prophet sent to earth

Muhammad was born in the year 570 A.D. in the city of Mecca, located now in what is known as Saudi Arabia. His father, Abdullah died before he was born and his mother, Amina passed away when Muhammad was around five or six years old. He was then brought up by his grandfather, ‘Abdul-Muttalib, who treated him with the utmost love. Two years passed before his grandfather also passed away and Muhammad was left in the care of his uncle, Abu Talib and his wife, Fatima. They treated him just as well if not better than their own children. The love they had for the young boy was matched by no one.

The history of Islam began with the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad received his first revelation in Mecca in the year 610. The words of Allah were spoken to him in which later paved the creation of the Quran. During Muhammad’s early Mecca period, many

Muhammad, the founder of the new religion Islam, was born in Mecca, a thriving trading town. Since he had lost his parent at a young age, Muhammad was raised by his uncle who was the leader of the clan

Prophet Muhammad was born around 570 CE, in the Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. “Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, traces its ancestry to the patriarch Abraham (whom Muslims know as Ibrahim) (Fisher, Mary)”. Muhammad worked as a shepherd after his mother died. Muhammad grew up in underprivileged society where poverty was the main concern. Muhammad is important to the Islam although they do not worship him because it is considered sin if anyone except god is worshipped. “As a young man, Muhammad managed caravans for a beautiful, intelligent, and wealthy women named Khadijah (Fisher, Mary)”. Muhammad marry Khadijah at the age of twenty-five and she became the strongest supporter during his difficult time. When Muhammad return home from

Muhammad is founder of the religion Islam despite very hard times while spreading the religion, this was because of his courage. From birth to death and beyond, Muhammad had people help him through his life start and spread the religion.

Nine years before the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet Muhammad was compelled to leave this ancestral land at the hands of the people of his clan. He headed to Madina with Abu Bakr and took refuge. Muhammad's head was priced during his journey. The one who captured him dead or alive would be presented with one hundred camels. He made his enemies unafraid soldiers of Islam and he conquered Makkah. Chief Marshal of the Makkan army confronted Muhammad in the battles. Muhammad appointed him ruler of Najran. By the end of the ninth Hijrah, he took control of Arabia. Islam spread everyday from the first Hijrah year to the tenth. Arabs who had become Muslims believed that Islam consists of five basic principles. To this day, Islam continues with these basic pillars of Muslim faith. Muhammad was now the religious, political, and military leader of

After ‘The Year of Sorrow’ in which both Muhammad’s uncle- Abu Talib and wife- Kadijah died Muhammad is warned by the angel Gabriel that the situation is getting too dangerous for him in Mecca. “Muhammad knew the faith must find expression in a community which would insure its external force and the opportunity to prevail against opposition” (Cragg). It is at this point that Muhammad is invited to become a leader in Medina (622ce).