I am teaching Islam to my students (I am not a Muslim) and some of the students are telling me that Muhammad did not start Islam he was just a prophet.... Is that true??? Who did start it if it wasn't Muhammad? Thanks for any help!
2006-09-20 05:29:26 · 8 answers · asked by Cutie Teacher 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think what some of your students are trying to tell you is that, while Muhammad WAS the prophet of Islam, it was Allah (the Arabic word for "God") who actually "started it."
Muhammad is considered by Muslims to be the last and greatest of the prophets, a list that includes (among others) Isa (Jesus - who will lead the forces of Islam on the Last Day), Musa (Moses) and Ibrahim (Abraham.)
Muhammad was only a man - thus he couldn't "start" Islam.
2006-09-20 06:31:44 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islam:
it was promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century AD. The Arabic term islam, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islam) accepts “surrender to the will of Allah (Arabic: God).” Allah is viewed as the sole God—creator, sustainer, and restorer of the world. The will of Allah, to which man must submit, is made known through the sacred scriptures, the Qur'an (Koran), which Allah revealed to his messenger, Muhammad. In Islam Muhammad is considered the last of a series of prophets (including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and others), and his message simultaneously consummates and completes the “revelations” attributed to earlier prophets.
2006-09-20 12:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by Britannica Knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islam (Arabic: al-islÄm (help·info)) is a monotheistic religion based upon the Qur'an, which adherents believe was sent by God (Arabic: AllÄh) through Muhammad.
Followers of Islam, known as Muslims , believe Muhammad to have been God's final prophet; most of them see the historic record of the actions and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad related in the Sunnah and Hadith as indispensable tools for interpreting the Qur'an.
2006-09-20 12:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a matter of schematics. Muhammad was the first "true" Prophet. Jesus, who has another name in the Koran, Adam of the Old Testament were also Prophets but didn't carry through.
If you want a concise, historical, and English version go to the public library and get Will Durant, "The Age of Faith".
2006-09-20 12:41:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A jew is half Christian and a Christian is half Jewish, Muslims believe in some of the old testatment as the other two.
In fact it has been told to be that both Jews and Muslims are from the two sons of Abraham, one founded Judaism, and the other son formed Islam...
Then there is Jesus Christ a jew who proclaimed his truths...
Problem is that most Christians are brainwashed about Christianity and are in fact bad Christians...its a tough walk, forgiving your enemies rather than seeking vengence.
Imagine if we had 9-11 left alone and sought justice not random vengence...
Anyway here is a source below that suggests a link between the original sin and half-truths, truths that lie...something new your students would like...
2006-09-20 12:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Caesar J. B. Squitti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ishmael son of Abraham was promised a people unto him after being cast out. Many believe this was the birth of Islam.
2006-09-20 19:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by lenore s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Muhammad. He claimed to have gotten visions from Allah.
2006-09-20 12:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by isayssoccer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Osama bin Laden
2006-09-20 12:36:48 · answer #8 · answered by Fitforlife 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋