Muhammad, peace be upon him,
is the last and final of Allah's Messengers and Prophets. His name is
Muhammad, peace be upon him, son of Abdullah. He was born in Makkah in 570
A.D. Due to the fine reputation he enjoyed among his people, they also
referred to him as "the Trustworthy". At the age of 40, he was endowed
with the prophethood when Allah the Exalted, revealed to him, through the
angel Jibra-eel (Gabriel) the first Qur'anic verses. Muhammad, peace be
upon him, was asked to preach the belief in the Oneness of Allah and warn
people against polytheism.
The Makkan polytheists opposed Muhammad,
peace be upon him, and his few followers harshly, but that did neither
shake his faith or even waiver his steadfastness, nor did it stop more
people from responding to his preaching. Finally, when the majority of the
people of Madinah embraced Islam, the Makkan Muslims took flight to
Madinah. Later on, the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, himself
migrated to Madinah to establish the Islamic State. A few years later the
polytheists of Makkah and their allies succumbed to the growing power of
the Muslims, and Makkah was conquered. Some thirty years later after the
death of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, Islam had already spread
throughout the world sweeping the two greatest empires in existence; the
Persian and the Roman.
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