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Born in about 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca
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he received first revelation at age 40 in mountain Hira by an angel Gabriel
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Three years later proclaim God is One and saying complete surrender is only way to be acceptable to God
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he had hundred of followers left Mecca and traveled to Yathrib, later Yathrib known as Medina (the land where his father was buried)
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The balanced power had shifted ways from once powerful mecca and towards Muhammad and the muslims- marched on Mecca
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Muhammad returned to Mecca one last time to perform a pilgrimage and tens of thousand of Muslim joined him
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he died when he returned to Medina by illness and buried in mosque in Medina. His teaching spreaded around the world.
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when he was young boy, the older merchants recognized his character and said he was the one who can be trusted
