Muslims believe that God revealed the Quran to Muhammad starting in the early 6th century through the Angel Gabriel. Muhammad is not only considered part of a long line of major prophets ...

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 ...

After reportedly receiving a tip-off from the angel Gabriel, Muhammad made good his escape through a window, reconnoitered with Abu Bakr, and set off for Yathrib.

Prophet Muhammad, who was born around 570 in Mecca in what is present-day Saudi Arabia, is the founder of Islam, now the world’s second-largest religious group with 1.8 billion adherents.

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 ...

As Christiane Gruber, a professor of Islamic art at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, reminds us, Muslim artists since the 14th century have depicted Muhammad visually — images that were ...

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 ...

An overview about the Prophet Muhammad: Who is the Prophet Muhammad? Muslims believe that God revealed the Quran to Muhammad starting in the early 6th century through the Angel Gabriel.

Muslims believe that God revealed the Quran to Muhammad starting in the early 6th century through the Angel Gabriel. Muhammad is not only considered part of a long line of major prophets ...