Download Muhammad and the Rise of Islam I. OVERVIEW OF ISLAM A

Muhammad and the Rise of Islam
I. OVERVIEW OF ISLAM
A. Around the year 600 CE, a new ______________________ religion called
_______________ began on the Arabian peninsula
1. This new faith was founded by the _____________ ___________________
2. His followers, called ________________, spread Islam throughout the
_______________ ____________, Africa, Asia, and Europe
B. By the year 750 CE, Muslim leaders had built an ____________ ____________
1. The Islamic Empire connected ______________ _______________ through
religion and trade
2. Muslim _______________ focused on learning and developed numerous
cultural ______________________that are still used today
C. Today, Islam is the world’s ____________ _______________ religion; it has
more than ____ __________________ followers throughout the world (second only to Christianity)
II. ARABIA: THE BIRTHPLACE OF ISLAM
A. The Arabian Peninsula is a ____________ _________________with little fertile soil or farming
1. Most Arabs lived in desert ________________ which were centered around families and were ruled by ____________
a. Arabia was __________ ________________ under a single government, but Arabs did have a ______________
__________________(Arabic)
b. Most Arabs were ____________________, having an Animist-type religion; some followed Christianity or Judaism
B. Arabia was the intersection of _____________ ____________________ (Africa, Asia, and Europe) so it was an important
region for trade; they were also exposed to much __________________ _____________________
1. One of the wealthiest ___________ ______________ in Arabia was __________________
C. MECCA: A CENTER OF RELIGION
1. Mecca was also a __________________ city
a. The _____________ (“The Cube”) was a 43 foot high cube structure that held statues of hundreds of ____________
b. Arabs made ______________________ to Mecca to visit the Ka’aba; violence between the warring Arab tribes was
________________________within 20 miles of the Ka’aba
c. This law of _______-________________ helped make Mecca an even more ____________________trade city (since
merchants could peacefully do business there)
III. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
A. EARLY LIFE: Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 CE; part of a _________ ___________; he was ____________________ at a
young age and raised by his grandparents
1. As an adult, Muhammad became an honest and successful _________________
2. He married a wealthy _______________and started a ________________
B. MUHAMMAD IN 610 CE
1. Muhammad’s work brought him into contact with _______________ and __________________ merchants, so he was
exposed to their religions
2. Muhammad had a vision of the _____________ _________________in 610 CE; he was told by Gabriel that he was a
____________________ sent to Earth by God
a. He began preaching a new monotheistic religion that worshipped the __________ ___________ as the God of the
__________and _________________, but in a different way
b. This religion Muhammad originated was called Islam, which means “submission to the will of God”
IV. BASIC IDEAS OF ISLAM
A. The leading figures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are distantly related as
____________________ _____ _________________ (the “father” of the Hebrews)
B. Followers of Islam are called _____________, which means “one who has submitted to God”;
Muslims believe in the “one true God” (same as Jews and Christians) and call God _____________
1. Muslims believe that Muhammad was the ____________of God’s prophets, so his word is
________________and unchangeable
2. The words and teachings of Muhammad are recorded in the _____________ (or Koran), the
____________ _____________ of Islam
B. PEOPLE’S RESPONSE TO ISLAM
THE HIJRAH
1. By the year 613, Muhammad began ___________________ his new ideas in the city of Mecca; many people were
____________________ to Islam
2. However, some people ________________Muhammad’s popularity; they felt that Islam would ________________
elsewhere and Mecca would lose its _________________ as the only holy city in Arabia
a. Some Meccans violently __________________ Muhammad and his followers
b. After several years of attacks, Muhammad and his followers __________ _____________ and went to the city of Medina
c. This ___________________of the Muslims to Medina was called the _________________
C. MUHAMMAD’S TIME IN MEDINA
1. In Medina, Muhammad gained many more _________ ________________
a. These new Muslims put _________________ above their families and clans
b. One thing Muhammad taught Muslims was respect for Jews and Christians (who he called “People of the Book”)
D. MUHAMMAD’S RETURN TO MECCA
1. In the year 630, Muhammad returned to Mecca; he had _________ ________________with him and he conquered the city
a. He ____________________ all of the statues of gods in the Ka’aba, leaving only the statue for _____________
b. This time, the people of Mecca all ______________________ to Islam
2. Muhammad ______________ in the year 632
III. THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE
A. After Muhammad, the new Muslim leaders created an ____________________ centered on Islam
1. The Islamic Empire was based in Arabia and their ________-_____________ ________________ conquered neighboring
regions
2. The massive empire they conquered led to great ____________for Muslims and opportunities to ________________ Islam
Comparing the Prophets: Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad
JESUS
MOSES
MUHAMMAD
1. Considered a prophet by Christians
2. Considered a prophet by Jews, Christians, Muslims
3. Considered a prophet by Muslims
7. His story is written in the Bible
8. His story is written in the Qur’an
9. His story is written in the Torah
4. Crucified and resurrected
5. Fled to Medina to gain converts
6. Given the 10 Commandments by God
10. Was born in Egypt but moved to Canaan (near Mesopotamia)
11. Was born in Mecca
12. Was born in Judea during the time of the Roman Empire