Mohammed was born in Mecca, the capital of Arabia, of mother Amina and

father Abdullah, on the 20th August 570 A.D. His father died before his birth.
He was nursed from infancy up to the age of 5 by Halima. Mohammed spent
the sixth year with his mother in Mecca. Soon after his mother fell ill and
died. The early loss of his mother made him feel lonely and sorrowful. He
began to meditate on the transitories of earthly relations. After the death of
his mother, he was taken care of by his grandfather, Abdul Mutalib, the
priest of Kaaba. His grandfather died when he was only eight (in 578 A.D.).
After that his uncle Abu Mutalib took care of him.

Mohammed was honoured, respected and revered by his people who called
him Al-Amin (The Faithful)

At the age of 25, Mohammed married Khatijah (Khatizah), a rich widow who
trusted him and loved him especially because of his honesty and diligence.
They had two sons and four daughters. They also adopted two so-ns, Zeid
and Ally.

At the age of 35, he repaired the walls of Kaaba which were shattered by a
violent flood. Since then Mohammed began to crave for divine relevation. At
the age of 40, he received divine inspiration and realised that he was the
prophet. Mohammed's first followers were his wife, his two adopted sons and
his good friend Abu Bakar. Angel Gabriel appeared before him and asked him
to "recite the name of the Lord". Mohammed often went into trance of
ecstasy. At the age of 44, Mohammed became firmly convinced that he was
the Prophet of God. He began to uplift his people from the depth of
degradation and started preaching first among his intimate friends, then
among the members of his Korish tribe and thereafter publicly in the city and
its suburbs. When he began to denounce the superstitious practices by his
countrymen, he was bitterly persecuted by the Meccans. He fled to Medina,
where he made several convents. At Medina he built the first mosque called
Friday (Majid Al Juma).

Mohammed launched intensive programmes for the propogation of Islam

(Islam means surrender of the soul to God). Missionaries were sent to all
parts of Arabia, Egypt and Persia. In 628 A.D, Prophet Mohammed led an
army of 10 000 men and occupied Mecca in a bloodless manner. In the year
10 Hijra, he went to Mecca for Haj and on his return to Medina he suffered
from severe fever and died at the age of 63 in the A.D year 632 A.D. His wife
died when he was 50 years old.

Mohammed disciplined the lawless Arabs and changed their character. He

enacted laws and made them law-abiding. He created a nation from
disintegrated and warring factions. Mohammed preached Unity of God -
whoever believes his doctrine receives everlasting life and celestial
happiness. No Prophet had ever suffered so much persecution, nor had
shown so much firmness of Faith and Trust in the Will of his Lord throughout
his life and under all circumstances that was demonstrated by the Prophet of
Arabia.

Mohammed gave mankind a clear and comprehensive set of moral principles.

The daily life of the Prophet was a unique example of simplicity and servitude
for fellow beings. He was an embodiment of compassion and mercy. His life
itself was his Message. His wife said that "the character of Mohammed
was the Koran".

Born in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca, he was orphaned at a young age
and brought up under the care of his uncle Abu Talib. He later worked mostly
as a merchant, as well as a shepherd, and was first married by age 25.
Discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding
mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic beliefs it was
here, at age 40, in the month of Ramadan, where he received his first
revelation from God. Three years after this event Muhammad started
preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that
complete "surrender" to Him (lit. islām) is the only way (dīn) acceptable to
God, and that he himself was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same
vein as other Islamic prophets.[9][13][14]

Muhammad gained few followers early on, and was met with hostility from
some Meccan tribes; he and his followers were treated harshly. To escape
persecution Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina (then known as
Yathrib) in the year 622 CE. This event, the Hijra, marks the beginning of the
Islamic calendar. In Medina, Muhammad united the conflicting tribes, and
after eight years of fighting with the Meccan tribes, his followers, who by then
had grown to ten thousand, conquered Mecca. In 632, a few months after
returning to Medina from his Farewell pilgrimage, Muhammad fell ill and died.
By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to
Islam; and he united the tribes of Arabia into a single Muslim religious polity.
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The revelations (or Ayat, lit. "Signs of God")—which Muhammad reported

receiving until his death—form the verses of the Qur'an, regarded by Muslims
as the “Word of God” and around which the religion is based. Besides the
Qur'an, Muhammad’s life (sira) and traditions (sunnah) are also upheld by
Muslims. They discuss Muhammad and other prophets of Islam with
reverence, adding the phrase peace be upon him whenever their names are
mentioned. While conceptions of Muhammad in medieval Christendom and
premodern times were largely negative, appraisals in modern times have
been far less so. Besides this, his life and deeds have been debated by
followers and opponents over the centuries.