Jianyang Zhang History 2351 5/11/2014 Karen Armstrong‚ Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (San Francisco: Harper‚ 1992) Pp.240 The author of the book Muhammad: A Prophet of Our Time‚ Karen Armstrong‚ born on 14 November 1944 is a well-known British author and commentator for her books on comparative religion. She is a provocative‚ original thinker on the role of religion in the contemporary world. Being a religious thinker‚ she has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions
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Mercy for Orphans Prophet Muhammad (saw) was kind to all people and asked his followers to be the same. He was especially kind to orphans and asked his companions to be kind to them. Thauban (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying‚ "Only supplication averts the decree (of fate)‚ only kindness prolongs life‚ and a man is deprived of provision for a fault he has committed." Ibn Umar (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying‚ "A Muslim is a Muslim’s brother; he does not wrong him. If
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HUM/130 August 29‚ 2010 Paxton Reed Final Project: World Religions Report I will be explaining information from various resources covering the United Methodist Religion. I will give a comparison to the Islam Religion and reference Jesus and Muhammad from the tenth chapter of the class textbook. Although there are many similarities‚ there are also many differences. The United Methodist Church Location and Interview My interview took place at the United Methodist Church. I spoke with Michele
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Prophet Mohammad‚ during the years 610 to 632 AD. Prophet Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca in Arabia around 570 A.D. in the Qureshi tribe. Mohammed not only established a new religion‚ he would establish a complete new system of government‚ one that would eventually spread to every corner of the globe‚ usually through military conquest‚ especially in the years following Mohammed’s death. The rise of Islam is truly a religion revolution. Muhammad‚ an orphan from the merchant class of Mecca‚ was raised
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stated that she once asked Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)‚ "O Messenger of Allah! I have two neighbors. To whom shall I send my gifts?" Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said‚ "To the one whose gate is nearer to you. A Muslim should maintain good relations with his relatives‚ but he should not unjustly favor them over others. Further‚ a Muslim must be good to his neighbors‚ no matter their religion. But the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
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in the Muslim’s identification of Jesus. They confirm He is the Messiah‚ but their definition of the Messiah was not one that died and was raised from the dead‚ as proven by historians and scholars. They saw him as a prophet‚ on the same level as Muhammad. This is another failed criterion. Fifth‚ is there existential viability? For a worldview to be a likely candidate for truth‚ its essential beliefs must be viable. It is a confirmed fact that Jesus was crucified on the cross‚ confirmed by scholars
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Historical viewpoint Unanimous faith of every Muslim on One Allah‚ His Messenger (Muhammad PBUH) as last prophet‚ Holy Quran and Sunnah/Hadith of Prophet became a binding force bringing together people of different region as one Ummah. However‚ anti-Islamic force couldn’t swallow this growing religion and unity among them considering it as major threat towards their ideologies and religions. Muslim history is replete with glory and down fall‚ having difference as a healthy and creative
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The start of Islam is marked in the year 610‚ following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40. Muhammad and his followers spread the teachings of Islam throughout the Arabian peninsula. Soon after the death of the prophet Muhammad‚ there were military expeditions‚ called "futuhat‚" or literally "openings‚" into what is now Egypt and other parts of North Africa. In other parts of the world‚ Islam spread through trade and commerce. The following is a brief timeline that highlights
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In the year 610 Muhammad receives revelations and has visions which he believes calls him as a messenger of God. Muhammad reveals his revelations to Khadijah who becomes his first follower and over the next 12 years he begins to preach to the people of Mecca. As they gather believers‚ Muhammad continues to write and record his revelations word for word into what later will become the Kora. While Muhammad was careful to always emphasize that he was simply a messenger of the God of Abraham and
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news that the Prophet’s tomb would be razed to the ground or dismantled by a Saudi ruler supported by Wahabi advisers. The Javanese scholars of that time sought to find ways to prevent the rulers of the Hijaz from dismantling the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad
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