Protocol over Introduction of Smith's.
Seal of the Prophets -Mohammad His life in Mecca before and after the revelations. Reaction to the message that Mohammad brought to the people of Arabia.
3. Story of Mohammad and his followers - winning over Mecca and virtually all of Arabia. .
4. Mohammad is very respected but .center of Muslim faith is Qu'ran, not Mohammad. Arabic language and the Qu'ran .
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SUMMARIZE:.
1. From the first four chapters of this book, I came up with the main points listed above. The first chapter of this introduction to Islam deals with the history of Arabia during pre-Islamic times, as well as a brief summarization of the descendents of Adam, through Abrahim. From Abrahim we learn of his first son, Ishmael, and that his descendents became Muslims. This chapter also briefly explains why Muslims call "God- Allah, what that name means, and where its roots come from.
2. In the second chapter, much more questions of Islam were answered. It talks about the prophetic tradition, and that there were other prophets before Mohammad, but that Mohammad was the last, making him the "Seal of the Prophets."" In this chapter, we read what pre-Islamic life was like in Arabia, and later, what Mohammad taught the ignorant and corrupted people of that land. His childhood and life is explained, as well as his accomplishments as a mere man. We learn of his marriage to Khadija, and the revelations that began around 610 A.D. The chapter ends with the reactions that the people as well as the leaders of Mecca had towards Mohammad and the message. .
3. Chapter three mainly deals with the stories of Mohammad in the city of Yathrib, which later became known as Medina. It explains his accomplishments there, as well as in Mecca, and winning over Armenia, Persia, Syria, Iraq, North Africa, and Spain. .
4. As much as Muslims respect and admire Mohammad, they realize that he was nothing more than a man, that Allah used as his messenger for the people; they do not, however, worship or mistake them as the center of their faith.
