Portal:Biography/Selected article/2006, week 30
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Muhammad, Arabic: محمد muḥammad; also Mohammed and other variants, (c. 571 – 632) established the religion of 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 ḥmd حمد "to praise". Within Islam, Muhammad is known as "The Prophet" and "The Messenger". The Qur'an ([Qur'an 33:40]) also refers to him as the "Seal of the Prophets" (Arabic: ḫatamu-n-nabiyyīn). In verse 61:6 he is referred to as Ahmad, which in Arabic means 'more praiseworthy'. (read more...)
