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True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran<br />

Moslems, as well as others, have disregarded the historical facts. They have continually striven to turn this<br />

man [Mohammed] into an imaginary superhuman being, a sort of God in human clothes, and have generally<br />

ignored the ample evidence of his humanity. They have been ready… to present these fantasies as miracles.<br />

Reference: Ali Dashti, "Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad"<br />

Much is known about the life of Muhammad. In 1851, the French scholar Ernest Renan wrote that<br />

Muhammad lived "in the full light of history." Muhammad's first biographer was Muhammad Ibn Ishag (704-<br />

773 A.D.) who wrote "Sirat Rasul Allah", a work which has not survived. No finished biography of<br />

Muhammad appeared until 150 years after his death in Arabia.<br />

According to tradition, Muhammad was born in Mecca on April 20, 570 A.D. Shi'ites say he was born on<br />

April 26th. His full name was Muhammad Bin-Abdullah. At the time Muhammad was born Muhammad's<br />

father was the chief of the pagan worshipping tribe of Koreish. Muhammad's father was ‘Abd Allāh ibn<br />

‘Abd al-Muttalib, of the family of Hashim (Shaiba ibn Hashim). ‘Abd Allāh" means "slave of Allah". His<br />

father died soon after his son's birth--while he was out on a trading expedition. His father was the youngest<br />

son of Abdul Muttalib and the great-grandson of Kussai. Muhammad was orphaned early in his life after his<br />

mother Amina died and was raised by his grandfather Abdul Muttalib, then chief of the Quraysh (Koreish)<br />

tribe, and his uncle Abu-Talib beginning at age 6. Earlier, at about 5 years old while in the care of a<br />

Bedouin nurse named Halima Muhammad became subject to epileptic fits. The branch of the Quraysh tribe<br />

Muhammad belonged to was known as the Beni Hashem.<br />

At the age of nine the boy Muhammad mounted a camel and went on a merchandising expedition into<br />

Syria. It was while with his grandfather and uncle that Muhammad learned learned to be lordly, and to<br />

exercise power, to fast, and to pray at certain specified times of the day. The Quraysh tribe prayed to idols<br />

at sunrise, noon, and at sunset; and they faced the direction of the idol black stone and the Kaaba.<br />

While away from Arabia he saw the sacred places of the Jews. He stood on the spot where the King of<br />

Salem came out and did obeisance to Abraham. He was shown the place where his great mother, the<br />

bondwoman Hagar, went forth leading Ishmael by the hand. He saw Damascus, city of the desert, and Sinai,<br />

the mountain of the law. Then he returned to Mecca full of visions and dreams. His teen years were as a<br />

shepherd and an attendant of caravans.<br />

At the age of 20 Muhammad was hired by a wealthy woman named Khadija (or Khadeejah) to manage her<br />

late husband's caravan business. When Muhammad was 25 he married Khadija; six children were born to<br />

them, but only one survived to adulthood; his beloved daughter Fatima. While in the caravan business<br />

Muhammad happened to make many journeys to Syria and Palestine. During this time Muhammad became<br />

http://www.bibleprobe.com/<strong>muhammad</strong>.htm[9/22/2011 4:04:02 PM]

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