Who Is Muhammad? Muhammad (محمد, also Arabic transliterated Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, and Mahomet), is the founder of Islam — the world’s second-largest religion. According to traditional Muslim biographers, Muhammad was born c. 570 C.E. in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah). Both Mecca and Medina are cities in the Hejaz region of...
Muhammad Muhammad (مُحَمَّد, c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE) was the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet, sent to present and confirm the monotheistic teachings preached previously by Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is viewed as the final prophet of...
The Ethos Generated By The Messenger Muhammad This article covers the ethos generated by the Messenger Muhammad. Ethos is a Greek word meaning “character” that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology. It is difficult for us to understand Prophet Muhammad fully. As we...
A Tribute To The Prophet Muhammad This is the tribute of Alphonse de Lamartine, a French historian, to the Prophet of Islam: “Is there any man greater than Muhammad?” Never a man set himself, voluntarily or involuntarily, a more sublime aim, since this aim was superhuman: To subvert superstitions which had...
Muhammad In Islam Muslims often refer to Muhammad as Prophet Muhammad, or just The Prophet or The Messenger, and regard him as the greatest of all Prophets. He is seen by the Muslims as a possessor of all virtues. As an act of respect, most Muslims follow the name of Muhammad by the Arabic benediction sallallahu ‘alayhi wa...
The Prophet Muhammad Sent As A Mercy Prophet Muhammad appeared at a time when people had lost their knowledge of the true religion and had reverted to worshipping idols of stones, earth, bread, and even cheese. The Dark Period of Ignorance Every period of history characterized by associating partners with...
Prophet Muhammad Humanity came to know true civilization by means of the Prophet Muhammad and favored it. All efforts exerted after him for the sake of true civilization have been no more than practicing or trying to practice the principles he brought and adjusting them to new conditions. For this...
Messenger Muhammad’s Biography This article covers the Messenger Muhammad’s Biography. If one were to close one’s eyes and imagine oneself in the world of 1400 years ago, one would find that it was a world completely different from ours. How few and far between the opportunities for the exchange of...
How Did the Prophet Muhammad View Children? This article covers the answer to the question: “How Did The Prophet Muhammad View Children?“ He treated his children and grandchildren with great compassion, and never neglected to direct them to the Hereafter and good deeds. He smiled at them, caressed and loved...
Prophethood And Muhammad’s Prophethood This article covers Prophethood and Prophet Muhammad’s Prophethood. God creates every community of beings with a purpose and a guide or a leader. It is inconceivable that God Almighty, Who gave bees a queen, ants a leader, and birds and fish each a guide, would leave...
A General Introduction: Who Is Muhammad? This article covers the answer to the question: “Who Is Muhammad?“ I would like to introduce the reader to the exemplary life of the blessed Prophet Muhammad1 and his distinguished, exalted personality. The “water of life” for the salvation of humanity should be made...
Prophet Muhammad’s Miracles This article covers the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s Miracles. A miracle is an extraordinary event that God Almighty brings about at the hands of a Prophet to prove his Prophethood, strengthen the believers’ faith, and break the unbelievers’ obstinacy. The universe operates according to God’s fixed laws. In...
Prophet Muhammad’s Miracles Cannot Be Denied This article covers the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s Miracles Cannot Be Denied. The noble Prophet declared that he was a Prophet and, to prove his Prophethood, presented the glorious Qur’an and nearly 1,000 miracles. Their occurrence cannot be denied, for even the most obstinate unbelievers...
Prophet Muhammad As An Educator This article covers the Islamic Prophet Muhammad as an educator. The Educational Atmosphere Consider the following verse: It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger of their own, to recite to them His signs, to purify them, and to instruct them in...
Love, Tolerance, And Jihad In The Life Of The Prophet Muhammad This article covers the Love, Tolerance, And Jihad In The Life Of The Prophet Muhammad. The blessed life of the Pride of Humanity, peace and blessings be upon him, was interwoven with threads of peace and tolerance as if...
Muhammad As A Universal Leader This article covers the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a universal leader. His Appointment of Competent People The Messenger appointed promising and competent Muslims to the work they could do best. He felt no need to change any appointment, for the person proved, through personal uprightness...
Those Were The Days This article is a veneration of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. The writer is yearning for the old days that Prophet Muhammad among us by calling “Those Were The Days.” As the years pass by, O Muhammad! Months are, to us, turned to Muharram! What a sunny...
Implications Of The Birth Of The Prophet This article covers the Implications Of The Birth Of The Prophet Muhammad. He is the one who has raised the veil on the face of creation and unearthed the secrets ingrained in the spirit of things. By removing the disruption in between he...