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Prophet Muhammad Research Paper

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Muhammad is widely believed by the Muslims community to be a messenger and prophet of God; most Muslims view him as the last prophet of God as taught by the Quran (Valentine 134). Muslims thus consider him the renovator of an unaffected and unique monotheistic faith of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and other prophets (Peters 9). The prophet as he was called had a social life, as a leader he had both followers and those who opposed him and all them viewed him differently. Muhammad was born in Mecca around the year 570 (Conrad). Orphaned before the age of six, the prophet became orphaned. Under the guard of his uncle Abu Talib, and began working as a merchant and also known for his honesty (Conrad). The story of how the prophet received his divine revelations is a fascinating one. According to Denffer, at the age of forty, Muhammad started to have dreams and hearing voices. In his search to understand, he would sometimes go down in the cave of Hira, near Mecca to pray. On one of these occasions, the Archangel Gabriel (Jibra'il in Arabic) showed himself to him and taught him how to read and the read "in the name of [your] lord" This was the beginning of many revelations that became the foundation of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam. These initial revelations revealed the subsistence of one God, contrary to the belief hold by many …show more content…

In Mecca, Muhammad began spreading his message of one God and the rich and leading tribes of Mecca was not too happy. They feared the loss not only of their inherited belief in the paganisms, but also a very wealthy pilgrimage business (Campo 493). At first, the resistance was limited to mockery and disdain but later changed an active pursuit and persecution (Hitti 113). Still according to Hitti, their heated resistance to his teaching forced his followers to migrate to Abyssinia but he would later conquered

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