Phrophet Muhammed Flashcards
AD 570-580
Muhammad’s parents died when he was very young and his uncle raised him
AD 570
Muhammad was born in Mecca
AD 595
He met a widow called Khadijah and got married. They had 6 children
AD605
Muhammad was concerned with the merchants who sold many statues and the rich did not care about the poor. As well as this women and children were treated badly and the men drank and gambled too much
AD 610
He had a dream where Jibriel appeared and told him there was only one God called Allah
Why did the people not welcome Muhammad’s message
they did not want to give up their many gods and business men did not want to lose the money the made of tourists
AD622
Muhammad left Mecca in the middle of the night and went to the Medina. This escape from Mecca to Yathrib is known as the Hijra and marks the beginning of Islam.
AD630
Muhammad returned to Mecca with a large army and soon conquered it. He went to the shrine and removed all the statues of the gods and replaced it with a shrine to one God
Allah. Mecca was to
to be the holy city of Islam.
Muhammad died 2 years later, he was 62 years of age.