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2 days ago · Islam, major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century ce. The Arabic term islām, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the will of Allah (in Arabic, Allāh: God).
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monotheism, belief in the existence of one god, or in the...
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jihad, in Islam, a meritorious struggle or effort.The exact...
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Historical development of sharia law. For the first Muslim...
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Muhammad, the revered prophet of Islam, revolutionized...
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3 days ago · On the Indian subcontinent, Islam first appeared in the southwestern tip of the peninsula, in today's Kerala state. Arabs traded with Malabar even before the birth of Muhammad. Native legends say that a group of Sahaba, under Malik Ibn Deenar, arrived on the Malabar Coast and preached Islam.
4 days ago · Muhammad, the revered prophet of Islam, revolutionized Arabia by spreading a monotheistic faith and establishing a lasting legacy as one of history’s most influential religious figures.
- Muhammad was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qurʾān, Islam’s sacred scripture. He spent his entire life in what is now the country o...
- According to Islamic tradition, his father died before Muhammad was born, and his mother died when he was a young child. He is usually said to have...
- Born in Mecca about 570 CE, Muhammad married a wealthy widow, Khadījah, in 595. In 610 he experienced a vision of the archangel Gabriel. His public...
- The Qurʾān provides very few concrete details regarding Muhammad’s life. Most such information thus comes from the sīrah (“biography”) literature,...
- Many (though not all) Muslims reject visual representations (e.g., images and sculpted figures) of religious figures, or even visual representation...
5 days ago · The Ka'bah, which is in the city of Mecca, is the first house of worship appointed for mankind and was built by Abraham and his son Ishmael (Peace Be Upon Them). They are the framework of Muslim life: testimony of faith, prayer, zakah (charity), fasting, and the pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able. The.
5 days ago · Qurʾān, the sacred scripture of Islam. According to conventional Islamic belief, the Qurʾān was revealed by the angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad in the West Arabian towns Mecca and Medina beginning in 610 and ending with Muhammad’s death in 632 ce.
4 days ago · The start of Islam is marked in the year 610, following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40. Muhammad and his followers spread the teachings of Islam throughout the Arabian peninsula.
5 days ago · Belief in the existence of the Creator is the first pillar of Islamic doctrine. All other doctrinal principles are built upon it. And believing in this existence is the only path to attaining a correct understanding of creation, and the meaning of existence in this world.
