Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (Arabic: محمّد; Transliteration: Muḥammad;[2] pronounced [mʊħɑmmæd̪] ( listen); also spelled Mohammed or Muhammed)[3][4][5] (ca. 570 Mecca[مَكَةَ ]/[ مَكَهْ ] – June 8, 632 Medina),[6] is the founder of the religion of Islam [ إِسْلامْ ] and is regarded by Muslims as a messenger and prophet of God (Arabic: الله Allāh), the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of Islamic prophets as taught by the Qur'an 33:40–40. Muslims thus consider him the restorer of the uncorrupted original monotheistic faith (islām) of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets.[7][8][9] He was also active as a diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, reformer, military general, and, according to Muslim belief, an agent of divine action.[10]
Born in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca,[11] he was orphaned at a young age and brought up under the care of his uncle Abu Talib. He later worked mostly as a merchant, as well as a shepherd, and was first married by age 25. Discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic beliefs it was here, at age 40, in the month of Ramadan, where he received his first revelation from God. Three years after this event Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" to Him (lit. islām) is the only way (dīn)[12] acceptable to God, and that he himself was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as other Islamic prophets.[9][13][14]
Muhammad gained few followers early on, and was met with hostility from some Meccan tribes; he and his followers were treated harshly. To escape persecution Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina (then known as Yathrib) in the year 622 CE. This event, the Hijra, marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar. In Medina, Muhammad united the conflicting tribes, and after eight years of fighting with the Meccan tribes, his followers, who by then had grown to ten thousand, conquered Mecca. In 632, a few months after returning to Medina from his Farewell pilgrimage, Muhammad fell ill and died. By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam; and he united the tribes of Arabia into a single Muslim religious polity.[15][16]
The revelations (or Ayat, lit. "Signs of God")—which Muhammad reported receiving until his death—form the verses of the Qur'an, regarded by Muslims as the “Word of God” and around which the religion is based. Besides the Qur'an, Muhammad’s life (sira) and traditions (sunnah) are also upheld by Muslims. They discuss Muhammad and other prophets of Islam with reverence, adding the phrase peace be upon him whenever their names are mentioned.[17] While conceptions of Muhammad in medieval Christendom and premodern times were largely negative, appraisals in modern times have been far less so.[14][18] Besides this, his life and deeds have been debated by followers and opponents over the centuries.[19]
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Today I am going to present the screen shots of Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam . Muhammad. Ali Jinnah. 1. Quiad-e-Azam's British Indian Passport 2. Page 1 3. Page(2-3) 4. Page(4-5) 5. Page(6-7) 6. Page(8-9) 7. Page(10-11) 8. ...
Q. It is a matter of historical record - Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and they "consummated" the marriage when she was nine. Nine. There are only three grounds on which to argue that Muhammad was not a pedophile, and all are false: (1) It didn't really happen, Aisha was actually older - well the record is pretty clear here, including Aisha's own account of the matter. (2) Historical moral relativism - possibly justifies it down to 12 but not 9. (3) Action doesn't infer pathology - except that he couldn't have done it without being aroused. Thus he enjoyed it, thus he was a pedophile. Pedophile just says you think of kids sexually, not that you don't also think of adults sexually. So now that we have established that no… [cont.]
Asked by Truthsayer - Fri Mar 2 15:52:21 2007 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Great point! It obviously is true! Watch out for your head now! LOL
Answered by Michael S - Sat Mar 3 12:01:13 2007
