Holy Journey Research Paper
Holy Journey
What would our world today be like without the Hijrah? The Hijrah, or also known as the Holy Journey, was the journey that Muhammad, the Islamic prophet and his followers, undertook from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D. He was known to be the messenger of God. This migration changed the lives of many people because it helped shape the modern world of today and it had an impact on worldwide civilizations. The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the year 570 A.D. He is the founder of the religion Islam. He was accepted by Muslims all over the world as the last prophet of God. He is widely known across the world due to his influential journey.
His teachings can be associated in the Quran, although many Muslims refer the Quran to be …show more content…
When he told the people about his vision, they became upset with him because they were polytheistic. “But
Muhammad had already thought this issue through two years earlier and told the Quraysha that al-Llah was the only God. They were furious and went away defiantly claiming that al-Llah Himself would judge between them and Muhammad.” (Armstrong 134). Although there were some people who believed him, there were some that did not and wanted to persecute him. The people that wanted to persecute him were the Meccans because they saw him as threatening. “Muhammad instructed his followers to emigrate to Medina until virtually all of his followers had left Mecca. Being alarmed at the departure of Muslims, according to the tradition, the Meccans plotted to assassinate him. With the help of Ali, however, he fooled the Meccans who were watching him, and secretly slipped away from the town. By 622, Muhammad had emigrated to Medina, then known as Yathrib, a large agricultural oasis.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_Medina). This departure is known as the Hijrah and it marks the beginning of the Islamic
What would our world today be like without the Hijrah? The Hijrah, or also known as the Holy Journey, was the journey that Muhammad, the Islamic prophet and his followers, undertook from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D. He was known to be the messenger of God. This migration changed the lives of many people because it helped shape the modern world of today and it had an impact on worldwide civilizations. The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the year 570 A.D. He is the founder of the religion Islam. He was accepted by Muslims all over the world as the last prophet of God. He is widely known across the world due to his influential journey.
His teachings can be associated in the Quran, although many Muslims refer the Quran to be …show more content…
When he told the people about his vision, they became upset with him because they were polytheistic. “But
Muhammad had already thought this issue through two years earlier and told the Quraysha that al-Llah was the only God. They were furious and went away defiantly claiming that al-Llah Himself would judge between them and Muhammad.” (Armstrong 134). Although there were some people who believed him, there were some that did not and wanted to persecute him. The people that wanted to persecute him were the Meccans because they saw him as threatening. “Muhammad instructed his followers to emigrate to Medina until virtually all of his followers had left Mecca. Being alarmed at the departure of Muslims, according to the tradition, the Meccans plotted to assassinate him. With the help of Ali, however, he fooled the Meccans who were watching him, and secretly slipped away from the town. By 622, Muhammad had emigrated to Medina, then known as Yathrib, a large agricultural oasis.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_Medina). This departure is known as the Hijrah and it marks the beginning of the Islamic