Muhammad, Arabic: γΝγΟύ muhammad; also
Mohammed,(c. 571 – 632) last
prophet of the religion Islam and the Muslim community.Muslims
believe him to have been God's (Allah)
final prophet in Islam, to whom the
Qur'an was revealed. According to traditional Muslim
biographers, Muhammad was born c. 570 in
Mecca and died June 8, 632 in Medina, both in the Hejaz region
of present day Saudi Arabia.
The name Muhammad etymologically means "the praised one" in
Arabic, being a passive participle from the root hmd ΝγΟ "to
praise". Within Islam, Muhammad is known as "The Prophet" and "The
Messenger". The Qur'an (33:40) also refers to him as the "Seal of
the Prophets".He is referred to as Ahmad, which in Arabic means
'more praiseworthy'.
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