Muhammad & Islam
Do you know about the origins of Islam and the legacy of its founder Muhammad? Islam is one of the world’s oldest religions, as it was created in the 6th century AD by the prophet Muhammad. He is credited with the founding of Islam in the ancient Arab city of his birth, Mecca and spreading the faith around the Arabian Peninsula, (what is now the Middle East), North Africa and Asia.
Born into a poor, but influential Arabic family in 570 A.D.in Mecca, his rise to religious prophet is a journey of spiritual growth through the discovery of faith. Muhammad began to experience changes in his young adult life and he began to question the world around him. He took to meditation as he searched for answers, often escaping to a cave to practice in solitude. Through this historical meditative experience, Mohammad was visited by a spiritual being in the form of an angel. This angel asked Mohammad to, “Recite, recite, recite!” Mohammad and his family believed that this angel spoke to him to bring the message of a new God, named Allah. Allah, meaning God, in Arabic is founded in the idea of monotheism, that there is one and only one true God. This belief was in sharp contrast to his previous belief that there were many Gods, or polytheism. In addition, the angel told Mohammed to go forth and spread the ideas of Allah and gather followers to convert to the new religion of Islam.
Then, Islam started to develop three empires. The three well known empires are The Ottamon Empire, the Maghal Empire, and the Safavid Empire. The Ottamon Empire began in mid 1,200. The Safavid Empire began in 1,501 when the Safavid leader Esmail conquered Persia. The Maghal Empire was basically Turkish Muslims from central Asia their Empire was established in 1,526.
The Muslims accomplishments were Astronomy, Geography, Math, Medicine, and last but not least Philosophy. Well Astronomy is an accomplishment because they used that for understanding time and clock making. How Geography was an accomplishment was they used that to calculate time and location by the stars. How math was an accomplishment was that they had created a number system that started with zero and that system was called the new number “Arabic” numerals. Now how Medicine was a accomplishment was a doctor that found how to treat smallpox. Smallpox is a very big disease. Last but not least how philosophy is an accomplishment is people found away to have a relationship with God and find Gods love. I hoped you enjoyed learning about Muhammad and the Islamic World.
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