RLGA02H3 Chapter Notes -Twelver, Maliki, Secularism
Document Summary
The city of mecca was dominated by the quraysh tribe which was open to a wide range of religious and cultural in uences. Prophet was born in to this tribe in 570. Once a year, during ramadan, prophet spent days in seclusion in a cave in mount hira, tradition reports that it was during one of those retreats that he receieved the call to prophethood by angel gabriel. The quran"ss narratives and worldview are closely akin to the prophetic view of history laid out in the hebrew bible. Even though the prophet accepted jewish practices and regarded jews as natural allies, the jews did not see him as a prophet and did not see the quran as a sacred scripture. Within two years that prophet entered medina, islam began to distinguish itself from jews, and ramadan replaced the yom kippur and direction of prayer changed from jerusalem to ka"ba.
