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Muhammad ibn ʿAbd AllahFull name  : Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim -LRB- ابو القاسم محمد ابن عبد الله ابن عبد المطلب ابن هاشم , lit  : Father of Qasim Muhammad son of Abd Allah son of Abdul-Muttalib son of Hashim -RRB- -LRB- محمد -LSB- muħammad -RSB- ; Classical Arabic pronunciation c. 570 CE -- 8 June 632 CE -RRB- is the prophet of Islam and widely identified as its founder by non-Muslims .. Qasim. Qasim ibn Muhammad. Abdul-Muttalib. Abdul-Muttalib. Hashim. Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf. Abd Allah. Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib. Islam. Islam. According to Islamic doctrine , he was God 's Messenger -LRB- rasul Allah -RRB- sent to confirm the essential teachings of monotheism preached previously by Adam , Abraham , Moses , Jesus , and other prophets .. According to Islamic doctrine. Muhammad in Islam. monotheism. tawhid. Adam. Adam in Islam. Abraham. Abraham in Islam. Moses. Moses in Islam. Jesus. Jesus in Islam. prophets. Prophets and messengers in Islam. God. God in Islam. He is viewed as the final prophet of God in primary branches of Islam , though some modern denominations diverge from this belief.The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community considers Muhammad to be the `` Seal of the Prophets '' -LRB- Khatam an-Nabiyyin -RRB- and the last law-bearing Prophet but not the last Prophet .. Islam. Islam. final prophet. Khatim an-Nabuwwah. God. God in Islam. branches of Islam. Islamic schools and branches. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. See  :. There are also smaller sects which believe Muhammad to be not the last Prophet  :. The Nation of Islam considers Elijah Muhammad to be a prophet -LRB- source  : African American Religious Leaders -- p. 76 , Jim Haskins , Kathleen Benson -- 2008 -RRB- .. Islam. Islam. Nation of Islam. Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad. United Submitters International consider Rashad Khalifa to be a prophet .. United Submitters International. United Submitters International. Rashad Khalifa. Rashad Khalifa. -LRB- Source  : Daniel Pipes , Miniatures  : Views of Islamic and Middle Eastern Politics , p. 98 -LRB- 2004 -RRB- -RRB- Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity and ensured that his teachings , practices , and the Quran , formed the basis of Islamic religious belief .. Arabia. Arabia. polity. polity. Quran. Quran. Born approximately 570CE -LRB- Year of the Elephant -RRB- in the Arabian city of Mecca , Muhammad was orphaned at an early age ; he was raised under the care of his paternal uncle Abu Talib .. Mecca. Mecca. Year of the Elephant. Year of the Elephant. Abu Talib. Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib. Periodically , he would seclude himself in a mountain cave named Hira for several nights of prayer ; later , at age 40 , he reported being visited by Gabriel in the cave , where he stated he received his first revelation from God .. God. God in Islam. Hira. Hira. Gabriel. Gabriel. his first revelation. Muhammad's first revelation. Three years later , in 610 , Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly , proclaiming that `` God is One '' , that complete `` surrender '' -LRB- lit .. God. God in Islam. preaching. Dawah. God is One. Tawhid. islam -RRB- to him is the right course of action -LRB- din -RRB- , and that he was a prophet and messenger of God , similar to the other prophets in Islam .. Islam. Islam. prophets. Prophets and messengers in Islam. God. God in Islam. islam. Islam#Etymology and meaning. din. din. prophets in Islam. Prophets in Islam#Table of prophets / messengers in the Quran. Muhammad gained few early followers , and met hostility from some Meccan tribes .. followers. Sahabah. hostility from some Meccan tribes. Persecution of Muslims by Meccans. To escape persecution , Muhammad sent some followers to Abyssinia before he and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina -LRB- then known as Yathrib -RRB- in the year 622 .. Mecca. Mecca. Medina. Medina. followers. Sahabah. sent some followers. Migration to Abyssinia. Abyssinia. Kingdom of Aksum. This event , the Hijra , marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar , also known as the Hijri Calendar .. Hijra. Hijra ( Islam ). Islamic calendar. Islamic calendar. In Medina , Muhammad united the tribes under the Constitution of Medina .. Medina. Medina. Constitution of Medina. Constitution of Medina. In December 629 , after eight years of intermittent conflict with Meccan tribes , Muhammad gathered an army of 10,000 Muslim converts and marched on the city of Mecca .. Mecca. Mecca. marched on the city of Mecca. Conquest of Mecca. The attack went largely uncontested and Muhammad seized the city with little bloodshed .. In 632 , a few months after returning from the Farewell Pilgrimage , he fell ill and died .. Farewell Pilgrimage. Farewell Pilgrimage. Before his death , most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam .. Islam. Islam. Arabian Peninsula. Arabian Peninsula. converted to Islam. conversion to Islam. The revelations -LRB- each known as Ayah , lit .. Ayah. Ayah. `` Sign -LSB- of God -RSB- '' -RRB- , which Muhammad reported receiving until his death , form the verses of the Quran , regarded by Muslims as the `` Word of God '' and around which the religion is based .. God. God in Islam. Quran. Quran. Besides the Quran , Muhammad 's teachings and practices -LRB- sunnah -RRB- , found in the Hadith and sira literature , are also upheld by Muslims and used as sources of Islamic law -LRB- see Sharia -RRB- .. Quran. Quran. sunnah. sunnah. Hadith. Hadith. sira. Prophetic biography. sources. sources of sharia. Sharia. Sharia