The document provides an overview of the beginnings of Islam, including the following key points: 1) Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 CE and began receiving revelations from God through the angel Jibrail, which became the Quran, beginning in 610 CE. 2) Muhammad began preaching the simple message of Islam - that there is no God but Allah and life should be lived in complete submission to Allah's will. 3) Due to threats in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina in 622 CE, known as the Hijrah, which became year 1 of the Islamic calendar. 4) Within 10 years, Muhammad had gained many followers and was able

1. Beginning of Islam
Presented By: Noor-Ul-Ain Basit,
Maham Naseem, Alishba Azhar and
Ramna Shaukat
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2. Contents
1. Land of Arabia
Introduction
2.Prophet Muhammad
3.Quran and Preaching
4.The Hijrah and return to Makkah
5.Teachings of Islam
6.Map

3. Land of Arabia
• In 6th century Arabia was a
harsh land with scorching sun,
baking deserts, bare
mountains and little fertile
land near the coast.
• People were nomadic Arabs
who use to warder around in
search of food and water.
• Trade and batter system was
very complicated and
common.
• People work ship different
gods of nature but above all
of these was one chief god
Allah.

4. Introduction
The Prophet Muhammad
• Muslims believe that Islam is a faith that has always existed and that it was
gradually revealed to humanity by a number of prophets, but the final and
complete revelation of the faith was made through the Prophet Muhammad in the
7th century CE.
• Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia in 570.
• He was a deeply spiritual man, and often spent time in meditation on Mount Hira.
• The traditional story of the Qur'an tells how one night in 610 he was meditating in
a cave on the mountain when he was visited by the angel Jibrail who ordered him
to recite.
• Once Jibrail mentioned the name of
Allah, Muhammad began to recite
words which he came to believe were
the words of God.

5. Introduction
Quran
• During the rest of his life Muhammad
continued to receive these revelations.
The words were remembered and recorded, and form the text of the Holy
Qur'an, the Muslim scripture.
Preaching
• Prophet Muhammad began to preach what God had revealed to him.
• The simple and clear-cut
message of Islam, that there is
no God but Allah, and that life
should be lived in complete
submission to the will of Allah, was
attractive to many people, and they
flocked to hear it.

6. Introduction
The Hijrah
• Prophet Muhammad's popularity was seen as threatening by
the people in power in Mecca, and Muhammad took his
followers on a journey from Mecca to Medina in 622.
• This journey is called the Hijrah (migration) and the event was seen as so
important for Islam that 622 is the year in which the Islamic Calendar begins.
The return to Mecca
• Within ten years Prophet Muhammad had gained so many followers that he was
able to return and conquer Mecca.
• From this time on he was generally accepted
by the faithful as the true final Prophet of God.
• Prophet Muhammad continued to lead
his community both spiritually and in
earthly matters until his death in 632.

8. References
• Google Images
• Google Search
• Wikipedia.com
• Bbc.co.uk
• Newworldencyclopedia.org