Born, according to tradition, around 570 in Mecca, the founder of Islam was a preacher, a prophet and a legislator, as well ...

Muhammad is not only considered part of a long line of major prophets, including Moses and Jesus, but Muhammad is also considered the last prophet. Muhammad was married to Khadija, a wealthy woman ...

A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad receiving the beginning of Quranic revelations from God through the angel Gabriel. Rashid al-Din, Jami‘ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), Tabriz ...

According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s life changed forever in the year 610, on the seventeenth night of the Arabic month Ramadan, when the angel Gabriel called him to be a prophet of God ...

A depiction of Prophet Muhammad receiving his first revelation from the angel Gabriel. Miniature illustration on vellum from the book Jami' al-Tawarikh, circa 1306-15. This image is at the center ...

While Arabs/Muslims claim Muhammad learned all of this via personal conversations with the (Hebrew Bible’s) Angel Gabriel, “perhaps” the Jews themselves also had some role in his religious ...

This 15th-century world history, by Hafiz-i Abru, also shows the Angel Gabriel calling on the Prophet Muhammad to spread the word of God. This work, ...

Friday, Muslims around the world marked the Prophet Muhammad’s miraculous journey known as “Isra and Mi’raj” by retelling in mosques, community gatherings and homes the story of Muhammad ...

Firing an art history professor for showing students an image of the prophet Muhammad is out of line. ... which depicts Muhammad receiving his first Quranic revelation through the angel Gabriel.

Muhammad's companions memorized the Quran and wrote it down. It was only made in its current form in a collection of 114 suras, or verses, after the prophet's death in 632.

Mail & Guardian readers have flooded us with letters about Zapiro’s cartoon on the Prophet Muhammad published on Friday May 21. Visit our special report: Zapiro and the Prophet, for more ...

Beginning at sundown Feb. 7, Muslims will celebrate Lailat Isra wa Al-Miraj, the night journey and ascent of the Prophet Muhammad into heaven. Lailat means night, isra is ladder or ...