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Muhammad was a prophet who lived from 570?-632. He was the founder of Islam, and his teachings, social and political as well as religious principles, became the basis of Islamic civilization. His teaching had a great influence of world history. He received the revelations which later made up the Qur’an from Allah, or God and others wrote it down for him.



Muhammad was born in Mecca and belonged to the clan of Hashim, a poor but respected branch of the tribe of Quraysh. His father died before his birth and his mother died when he was six, so his uncle Abu Talib brought him up.



Muhammad was thoughtful and solitary and displayed acute moral sensitivity at an early age, and became known as al-Amin (“the trusted one”).