WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The history of Islam centers around one person named ____
A
Jesus
B
Muhammad
C
Abraham
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In architecture, following the hijra, Muhammad’s house in Medina developed into a center for the Muslim community and became the prototype for the mosque, the Muslim sanctuary for God.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (), meaning ‘to praise’, which itself comes from the triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D. Believed to be the most popular name in the world, by 2014 it was estimated to have been given to 150 million men and boys.

Detailed explanation-3: -When the Prophet first saw the light we are told that the men of Quraysh came to ‘abd-al-Mutlib, his grand-father, and asked him what name he would give the child. To this he replied, “I have named him Muhammad”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the town of Mecca, a mountain town in the high desert plateau of western Arabia. His name derives from the Arabic verb hamada, meaning “to praise, to glorify.” He was the first and only son of Abd Allah bin Al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb.

Detailed explanation-5: -Muhammad, in full Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim, (born c. 570, Mecca, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]-died June 8, 632, Medina), the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qurʾān.

Detailed explanation-6: -He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets within Islam. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief. “Muhammad, the Messenger of God."

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