Top Questions About Islam

6- Who was Muhammad? (Peace be upon him)
In brief, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) was born 
in a noble tribe of Mecca in Arabia in the year 570 
AD. His ancestry goes back to Prophet Ishmael 
(Peace be upon him), son of Prophet Abraham 
(Peace be upon him). His father died before his birth
and his mother died when he was six. He did not 
attend a formal school since he was raised first by a 
nurse as it was the custom those days, and then by 
his grandfather and uncle. As a young man, he was 
known as a righteous person who used to meditate 
in a cave. At age 40, he was given the prophethood 
when the angel, Gabriel, appeared in the cave. 
Subsequently, the revelations came over 23 years 
and were compiled in the form of a book called the 
Quran which Muslims consider as the final and the 
last word of God. The Quran has been preserved, 
unchanged, in its original form and confirms the 
truth in the Torah, the psalms and the Gospel. (1)


7-How did Muhammad (peace be upon him) 
become a prophet and a messenger of God? 
At the age of 40, while engaged in a meditative 
retreat, Muhammad (peace be upon him) received 
his first revelation from God through the Angel 
Gabriel. This revelation, which continued for twenty
three years, is known as the Quran. 
As soon as he began to recite the words he heard 
from Gabriel, and to preach the truth that God had 
revealed to him, he and his small group of followers 
suffered bitter persecution, which grew so fierce that
in the year 622 God gave them the command to 
emigrate. This event, the Hijrah, 'migration', in 
which they left Makkah for the city of Madinah some 
260 miles to the north, marks the beginning of the 
Muslim calendar. 
After several years, the Prophet (peace be upon him)
and his followers were able to return to Makkah, 
where they forgave their enemies and established 

Islam definitively. Before the Prophet (peace be 
upon him) died at the age of 63, the greater part of 
Arabia was Muslim, and within a century of his death 
Islam had spread to Spain in the West and as Far 

East as China.


8- Do Muslims worship Muhammad? (Peace be 
upon him)
No. Muslims do not worship Muhammad (Peace be 
upon him) or any other prophets. Muslims believe in 
all prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, David, 
Solomon, Moses and Jesus. Muslims believe that 
Muhammad (Peace be upon him) was the last of the 
prophets. They believe that God alone is to be 
worshiped, not any human being. 
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1-Khan,The personality of Allah’s  last messenger , p (17-

34)


9-What is the Quran؟
The Quran is a record of the exact words revealed by 
God through the Angel Gabriel to the Prophet 
Muhammad (peace be upon him). It was memorized 
by Muhammad (peace be upon him) and then 
dictated to his companions, and written down by 
scribes, who crosschecked it during his lifetime. Not 
one word of its 114 Surahs, has been changed over 
the centuries, so that the Quran is in every detail the 
unique and miraculous text which was revealed to 
Muhammad (peace be upon him) fourteen centuries 

ago. 


10-What is the Quran about?
The Quran, the last revealed Word of God, is the 
prime source of every Muslim's faith and practice. It
deals with all the subjects which concern us as 
human beings: wisdom, doctrine, worship, and law, 
but its basic theme is the relationship between God 
and His creatures. At the same time, it provides 
guidelines for a just society, proper human conduct 

and an equitable economic system .