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The first Islamic author that argued for the presence of biblical prophecies of Muhammad was a letter by Ibn al-Layth at the turn of the 9th century. [2] This author largely focused on the Old Testament, although he also drew from some texts in the New Testament, primarily the Gospel of John when doing so.
Muhammad [a] (c. 570 – 8 June 632 CE) [b] was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. [c] According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets.
The names and titles of Muhammad, [1] names and attributes of Muhammad [2], Names of Muhammad (Arabic: أسماء النبي, romanized: Asmā’u n-Nabiyy) are the titles of the prophet Muhammad and used by Muslims, where 88 of them are commonly known, but also countless names which are found mainly in the Quran and hadith literature.
According to some sources, Muhammad is not a name but a title. [18] In contrast, Solomon A. Nigosian writes that the Quran tells us very little about the life of Muhammad. [3] Unlike the Bible's narratives of the life of Moses or Jesus, Michael Cook notes that while the Koran tells many stories after its fashion, that of Muhammad is not among them.
According to Islamic tradition, Ibn Isḥaq collected oral traditions about the life of Muhammad. These traditions, which he orally dictated to his pupils, [8] are now known collectively as Sīratu Rasūli l-Lāh (Arabic: سيرة رسول الله "Life of the Messenger of God"). The text of the Sīrat Rasūl Allāh by Ibn Ishaq exists.
The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad. [4] His Ancestors were generally referred to by their laqabs or titles, names will be mentioned alongside each title. Muhammad's ancestors to Murrah. AD 570 – Muhammad; AD 545 – Abdullah; AD 497 – Abd al ...
Late 12th-century copy. The text in red reads Istoria de Mahomet.In the margin are the names of three saints mentioned in the text: Isidore, Euphrasius and Leocadia. The Storia de Mahometh (or Istoria de Mahomet) is a short anonymous polemical Latin biography of Muḥammad written from a Christian perspective, probably in al-Andalus between about 750 and 850.
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.