Muhammad
he is a prophet of Islam.
Also known as: Aḥmad, Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim.
He was a great personality. He was the last messenger of Allah .Muhammad (born c. 570, Mecca, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]—died June 8, 632, Medina) .He was given the name Muhammad sa which means, the
Praised One. To understand his life and character we
must have some idea of the conditions which obtained
in Arabia at the time of his birth.
When he was born almost the whole of Arabia
believed in a polytheistic form of religion. The Arabs
traced their descent to Abrahamas. They knew that
Abrahamas was a monotheistic Teacher.To reach Him is difficult for ordinary human
beings. They must have others to intercede for them in
order to obtain God's pleasure and help. Thus they were
able to combine their reverence for Abrahamas with their
own polytheistic beliefs. Abrahamas, they said, was a
holy man. He was able to reach God without
intercession, whilst ordinary Meccans could not do so.
The people of Mecca, therefore, had made idols of holy
and righteous persons, and these they worshipped and
to these they made offerings in order to please God
through them. This attitude was primitive, illogical and
full of defects. But the Meccans were not worried by
these. They had not had a monotheistic Teacher for a
long time, and polytheism, once it takes root, spreads
and knows no bounds. The number of gods begins to
increase. At the time of the Prophet'ssa birth, it is said ..........( part 1)....