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Muhammad ([[Arabic]]: محمد[2] Muḥammad; also [[Mohammed]], [[Muhammed]], [[Mahomet]], and other variants)[3][4][5] (c. 570 [[Mecca]]- June 8, 632 CE [[Madina]]), was the founder of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as the last messenger and prophet of God (Arabic: الله Allah).[6] Muslims believe that he was not the creator of a new religion, but the restorer of the original, uncorrupted monotheistic faith of [[Adam]], [[Abraham]] and others. They see him as the last and the greatest in a series of prophets.

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'''Muhammad''' ([[Arabic]]: محمد[2] Muḥammad; also [[Mohammed]], [[Muhammed]], [[Mahomet]], and other variants)[3][4][5] (c. 570 [[Mecca]]- June 8, 632 CE [[Madina]]), was the founder of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as the last messenger and prophet of God (Arabic: الله Allah).[6] Muslims believe that he was not the creator of a new religion, but the restorer of the original, uncorrupted monotheistic faith of [[Adam]], [[Abraham]] and others. They see him as the last and the greatest in a series of prophets.

Sources on Muhammad’s life concur that he was born ca. 570 CE in the city of [[Mecca]] in Arabia.[8] He was orphaned at a young age and was brought up by his uncle, later worked mostly as a merchant, and was married by age 26. At some point, discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic tradition, it was here at age 40, in the month of [[Ramadan]], where he received his first [[revelation]] from God. Three years after this event, Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" to Him (lit. islām)[9] is the only religion (dīn),[10] acceptable to God, and that he was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as [[Adam]], [[Noah]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], [[David]], [[Jesus]], and other prophets.[11][12][13]

Sources on Muhammad’s life concur that he was born ca. 570 CE in the city of [[Mecca]] in Arabia.[8] He was orphaned at a young age and was brought up by his uncle, later worked mostly as a merchant, and was married by age 26. At some point, discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic tradition, it was here at age 40, in the month of [[Ramadan]], where he received his first [[revelation]] from God. Three years after this event, Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" to Him (lit. islām)[9] is the only religion (dīn),[10] acceptable to God, and that he was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as [[Adam]], [[Noah]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], [[David]], [[Jesus]], and other prophets.[11][12][13]