The name of the Prophet

person - (muh-HAM-mud) (570 - 632 CE) Prophet of Islam, who received the word of God in a series of divine revalations from the year 611 until his death. The verses received by Muhammad are compiled in the Qur'an, while his interpretations of them are compiled as the hadith.

(mu HAH mad) The Prophet Muhammad, born in Makkah [Mecca] in present day Saudi Arabia in 570 CE, is viewed by Muslims as the supreme model for humanity. An Arab and a descendant of Abraham, he received the divine revelations of Allah contained in the Muslim scriptures, the Holy Qu'ran [Koran], over a period of twenty-three years.

Muslims believe that Muhammad (570-632) is the final prophet in a series of many others before him (beginning with Adam and continuing through Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Solomon, David, Jesus, and finally, Muhammad). God revealed to him the holy Qur'an through the archangel Gabriel. Muslims do not worship Muhammad, but view him as the last in a long chain of prophets who came to guide mankind to true wisdom and understanding of God, the world, and our place as humans within it.