"The life begins with a tale of Muhammad's miraculous birth, reminiscent of the story of the birth of Jesus in the Gospel." (Muhammad Ibn Ishaq 130)
On the other hand, the heroic ideal of Islam, Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the year 570 C.E., at the time when teachings of Jesus Christ were not yet fully established in Europe. The birth of Muhammad was different when compared to that of Jesus. Jesus was born to a virgin, and he was known to be a son of God even before he was born, while Muhammad's birth was not a big deal, but he was recognized as a prophet after he started getting the visions from Angel Gabriel in his forties. Muhammad was a member of the Hashim clan of the powerful Qurayshi tribe. Because Muhammad's father, Abd Allah, died before he was born and his mother, Amina, when he was 6 years old, his uncle, Abu Talib, raised him. In his childhood, he was a shepherd, just as all the Prophets of God once were. As Muhammad grew up, he became a merchant, and was......
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