RELG 102 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Kaaba, Five Pillars Of Islam, Satan
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Muhammad is the last prophet/the seal of the prophets. Islam is the second largest religion in the world about 1. 5 billion followers ( - of the world) A muslim is a person who practices islam (about 3 million in the us) The word islam means submission or surrender as in submission to the will of allah, or god. Islam represents the correction or completion of other monotheistic faiths. God gives each human a fixed time on earth to do what is right (free will) At the core of muslim belief are the messenger and the message . When did islam begin: infinity(forever)- the quran was infinitely with allah, abraham-ishmael; they built the ka"ba, muhammad"s migration to medina in ce 622(according to historic calendar) Arabia before muhammad was a polytheistic barbarian culture/ tribal polytheism: present oriented religion. Muhammad is one of the 5 prophets of power: abraham, moses, noah, jesus, muhammad.
