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Allison Norton 7414 John Stonestreet Biblical Worldview November 27, 2001 Research 5 Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, was born in Arabia in A. D. 570. Soon after he was born, his mother died. He was then raised by his grandfather, Abdul Muttalib. His grandfather died when he was just six years old and his uncle Abu Talib took him in. As a boy, Muhammad tended flocks like other boys his age. He was described as a peacemaker, trustworthy, just and helpful. He soon became known as “al-Amin,” the trusted one. When he was twenty-five years old, he took a job conducting the affairs of Khadijah, a rich Meccan lady. She liked his work so much that she made him her manager. Later Khadijah offered her hand to Muhammad in marriage. Once they were married, he began to contemplate religious matters. “He wanted to understand the ‘why’ and ‘wherefore’ of things and he wanted to belong.” He thought upon these things and sought the answers in a cave called Hira. In 611, when he was forty years old, he had a revelation. He heard a voice calling him the Prophet of God. He heard the voice over and over again and had a vision. In the vision, the Archangel Gabriel was a messenger of Allah to His chosen Prophet. After this, Muhammad was convinced that he was not just hallucinating, that his visions were real. Three years later, he was appointed as a Rasul (messenger of Allah). He was then asked to give a message to his fellow Meccans. This proved to be a hard task because bye preaching a new message, he had to defy the Elders of Mecca. However, Muhammad did as he was told and gave the following message: “Allah is One. He is the Maker and Creator. He is the Giver of Life and the Bringer of Death. There is none like Him. He is Supreme.” He message Norton 2 His message is the “rock on which Islam was to be built.” The people complained to one of the Meccan leaders, Abu Sufyan. They then asked Muhammad’s uncle, Abu Talib, to talk to him, but Muhammad would not recant and even preached to his uncle. Abu Talib’s son, Ali, became one of the earliest and most faithful believers. Soon people began converting to Islam and the Meccans started to persecute them. The Yathribites, neighbors to the Meccans, were interested in the Prophet’s message and invited him and his followers to settle in Yathrib. Muhammad and his followers journeyed to Yathrib which is now known as Medina. This journey was called the Hijrah and took place on September 24, 622. In order to gain more followers, Muhammad decided to fight the Meccans. In A.D. 623, the Battle of Badr took place. Muhammad sent a small group of Muslims (about 300 men) to attack a caravan of Meccans (about 1000 men) led by Abu Sufyan, the strongest opponent of Islam. The Muslims were victorious in the conquest. However, the Battle of Uhud in 625 had a different outcome. About 3000 Meccans attacked a group of about 700 Muslims.
Approximate Word count = 2042
Approximate Pages = 8.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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