{"id":507,"date":"2015-01-18T20:26:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T20:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2020-06-28T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T15:57:10","slug":"who-is-muhammad-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/who-is-muhammad-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Muhammad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islam is the culmination of the universal message of God taught by all of His prophets. Muslims believe that a prophet was chosen for every nation at some point in their history, enjoining them to worship God alone and delivering guidance on how to live peacefully with others. Some of the prophets of God include Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace be upon them all. The prophets all conveyed the consistent divine message of worshiping one God, along with specific societal laws for each nation\u2019s circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the prophets delivered the divine guidance to their people, their message was lost, abandoned, or changed over time, with only parts of the original message intact. God then sent another prophet to rectify their beliefs. In order to restore the original call of all prophets, God sent <b>Muhammad<\/b>, peace be upon him (pbuh), as the final prophet to all of humanity in the 7<sup>th<\/sup> century C.E.<\/p>\n<p>In 610 C.E., Angel Gabriel visited Muhammad (pbuh) with the first divine message. For the next 23 years, he continued to receive revelations until the message was completed. Muhammad (pbuh) called people towards the belief in one God and encouraged them to be just and merciful to one another. He was a living example of God\u2019s guidance for the benefit of the entire humankind.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThen We revealed to you [Muhammad], \u2018Follow the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith who was not an idolater.\u2019\u201d<\/i> (Quran, 16:123)<\/p>\n<p>This section explores the life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), what esteemed non-Muslims scholars have said about him, biblical references about him, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/islam\/who-is-muhammad\/muhammad-pbuh-the-final-prophet-of-god\/\">Muhammad (pbuh): The Final Prophet of God<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/islam\/who-is-muhammad\/the-last-sermon-of-the-prophet-muhammad\/\">Last Sermon of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whyislam.org\/comparative-religion-2\/what-the-bible-says-about-muhammad-pbuh\/\">What the Bible Says about Muhammad (pbuh)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Was Muhammad, peace be upon him? What Did People Say? How Did People Talk About Him? Learn First Hand \u2013 What They Say About Muhammad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[84,108,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-article","category-prophet-muhammad","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg",1024,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg",1024,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg",1024,768,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg",300,225,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg",400,300,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/who-is-muhammad.jpg",600,450,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Site Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Who Was Muhammad, peace be upon him? 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