Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abdul-Muttalib
ibn Hashim ( Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ
ﺍﻟﻤﻄﻠﺐ) ( c. 570 – 8 June, 632), in short form
Muhammad, is considered by Muslims to be
the last messenger and prophet sent by God
to guide humanity to the right way (Quran
7:157 ). Muslims believe that Muhammad is
the final prophet sent by God; and the
Quran , which is the central religious text of
Islam, was revealed to Muhammad by God.
According to Muslims, he was sent to
restore Islam, which they believe to be the
unaltered original monotheistic faith of
Adam , Ibrahim , Musa, Isa , and other
prophets .The religious, social,
and political tenets that Muhammad
established in the light of Quran became the
foundation of Islam and Islamic civilization.
Muslims often refer to Muhammad as
Prophet Muhammad, or just The Prophet or
The Messenger, and regard him as the
greatest of all the prophets.He
is seen by Muslims as a possessor of many
virtues. [10] As an act of respect Muslims
follow the name of Muhammad by the Arabic
benediction sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
( Peace be upon him, sometimes abbreviated
S.A.W.),a practice instructed by Quran
and Hadith. The deeds and sayings in the life
of Muhammad – known as Sunnah – are
considered a model of the life-style that
Muslims are obliged to follow. Recognizing
Muhammad as God's true messenger is one
of the central requirements in Islam
which is clearly laid down in the second part
of Shahadah , the Islamic proclamation of
faith: "There is no God but God, and
Muhammad is the Messenger of God". The
Quran chiefly refers to Muhammad as
"Messenger" and "Messenger of God" (Quran
48:29 ), and asks people to follow him so
as to become successful in this life and the
afterlife (Quran 3:132 ).
Born in about 570 CE into a respected
Quraysh family of Mecca , Muhammad
earned the title "al-Amin " (Arabic: ﺍﻻﻣﻴﻦ),
meaning "the Trustworthy".
At the
age of 40 in 610 CE, Muhammad is said to
have received his first verbal revelation in a
cave named Mount Hira , which was the
beginning of the descent of the Quran that
continued up to the end of his life; and
Muslims hold that Muhammad was asked by God to preach the oneness of God in order to stamp out idolatry, a practice overtly present in Arab society. Because of persecution of the newly converted Muslims,
upon the invitation of a delegation from
Medina (then known as Yathrib), Muhammad
and his followers migrated there in 622 CE,
an event known as Hijra (Hegira). A turning point in Muhammad’s life, this Hijra
also marks the beginning of Islamic
calendar. In Medina Muhammad sketched
out the Constitution of Medina specifying the
rights of and relations among the various
existing communities there, formed an
independent Muslim community (Ummah ),
and managed to establish the first Islamic
state. Despite the ongoing hostility of the
Meccans, Muhammad, along with his
followers, took control of Mecca in 630 CE,
treated its citizens with generosity, and
ordered to destroy all the pagan idols.In
later years in Medina, Muhammad unified
the different Arab tribes under Islam,
carried out social and religious reforms,
and made administrative developments that
further consolidated the Islamic community.
By the time he died in 632, his
teachings had won the acceptance of Islam
by almost all the tribes of the Arabian
Peninsula .
ibn Hashim ( Arabic: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ
ﺍﻟﻤﻄﻠﺐ) ( c. 570 – 8 June, 632), in short form
Muhammad, is considered by Muslims to be
the last messenger and prophet sent by God
to guide humanity to the right way (Quran
7:157 ). Muslims believe that Muhammad is
the final prophet sent by God; and the
Quran , which is the central religious text of
Islam, was revealed to Muhammad by God.
According to Muslims, he was sent to
restore Islam, which they believe to be the
unaltered original monotheistic faith of
Adam , Ibrahim , Musa, Isa , and other
prophets .The religious, social,
and political tenets that Muhammad
established in the light of Quran became the
foundation of Islam and Islamic civilization.
Muslims often refer to Muhammad as
Prophet Muhammad, or just The Prophet or
The Messenger, and regard him as the
greatest of all the prophets.He
is seen by Muslims as a possessor of many
virtues. [10] As an act of respect Muslims
follow the name of Muhammad by the Arabic
benediction sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
( Peace be upon him, sometimes abbreviated
S.A.W.),a practice instructed by Quran
and Hadith. The deeds and sayings in the life
of Muhammad – known as Sunnah – are
considered a model of the life-style that
Muslims are obliged to follow. Recognizing
Muhammad as God's true messenger is one
of the central requirements in Islam
which is clearly laid down in the second part
of Shahadah , the Islamic proclamation of
faith: "There is no God but God, and
Muhammad is the Messenger of God". The
Quran chiefly refers to Muhammad as
"Messenger" and "Messenger of God" (Quran
48:29 ), and asks people to follow him so
as to become successful in this life and the
afterlife (Quran 3:132 ).
Born in about 570 CE into a respected
Quraysh family of Mecca , Muhammad
earned the title "al-Amin " (Arabic: ﺍﻻﻣﻴﻦ),
meaning "the Trustworthy".
At the
age of 40 in 610 CE, Muhammad is said to
have received his first verbal revelation in a
cave named Mount Hira , which was the
beginning of the descent of the Quran that
continued up to the end of his life; and
Muslims hold that Muhammad was asked by God to preach the oneness of God in order to stamp out idolatry, a practice overtly present in Arab society. Because of persecution of the newly converted Muslims,
upon the invitation of a delegation from
Medina (then known as Yathrib), Muhammad
and his followers migrated there in 622 CE,
an event known as Hijra (Hegira). A turning point in Muhammad’s life, this Hijra
also marks the beginning of Islamic
calendar. In Medina Muhammad sketched
out the Constitution of Medina specifying the
rights of and relations among the various
existing communities there, formed an
independent Muslim community (Ummah ),
and managed to establish the first Islamic
state. Despite the ongoing hostility of the
Meccans, Muhammad, along with his
followers, took control of Mecca in 630 CE,
treated its citizens with generosity, and
ordered to destroy all the pagan idols.In
later years in Medina, Muhammad unified
the different Arab tribes under Islam,
carried out social and religious reforms,
and made administrative developments that
further consolidated the Islamic community.
By the time he died in 632, his
teachings had won the acceptance of Islam
by almost all the tribes of the Arabian
Peninsula .
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