Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad

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Moses , Jesus , and Muhammad

Introduction

There are many known religions in the world today . We have Islam Christianity and etc . These religions have their own respected , feared and even praised and worshipped figures . These are Moses , Muhammad and Jesus Christ . These prophets / saviours are the one being prayed by their followers . They get their strength and hope among the aforementioned They play a great role in the lives of millions of individuals having and strictly following on their faith for that

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Muhammad

Muhammad , an Arabian prophet and the founder of Islam , the religion of the Moslems . A brilliant religious teacher , a wise governor and a successful military leader , he was one of the most influential men in history . The Koran , Islam 's sacred book , consists of Muhammad 's teachings as recorded by his followers . Moslems believed that Allah (God ) is the author of the Koran , and that he spoke to the Arabians through Muhammad , the last of his prophets . Moslems do not regard Muhammad as being divine and for that reason they object to the terms Mohammedanism , sometimes used by Westerners for Islam and Moslems

Less is known of Muhammad 's personal life from the Koran than from early biographies , and from sayings and deeds traditionally attributed to him According to all reliable evidence he lived simply , showed sympathy for the weak , and - contrary to the opinion of some Christian historians- had a strong moral character , at least by the standards of his time . It is also clear that he was intelligent , capable , and shrewd man with a powerful personal appeal

He was born in Mecca , in what is now Saudi Arabia . He belonged to one of the city 's leading families but was left an orphan early in life and was raised by an uncle the boy received little formal education but probably could read and write . From traders in Mecca and from foreigners he met while travelling with his uncle , he gained knowledge of the Bible Judaism , and Christianity

As a young man Muhammad became the commercial agent for Khadija , a wealthy widow . They were married when he was 25 . Their daughter and only surviving child , Fatima , became the ancestor of all Moslems who claim descent from Muhammad . After the death of Khadija , Muhammad had many wives . His object , in accordance with the custom of his time , was mainly political- to reward his followers by marrying their daughters , and to gain a male heir . Muhammad outlived all his sons , however

His first marriage gave him financial independence and the leisure to spend long periods in meditation . He worried about the ignorance and superstition of his people and apparently lost faith in the heathen gods of Arabia . He was also disturbed by the extremes of wealth and poverty that he saw around him . In his 40th year , while praying on a solitary mountainside near Mecca , Muhammad had his first vision . He thought he saw the angel Gabriel , who ed...