Rise and spread of islam

Rise and spread of islam

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   Islam isan Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that Muhammad is messenger of god.  It is the worlds second largest religion with 1.9 billion followers.  Islam teaches that god is merciful , all powerful, and unique.  The primary scriptures of Islam are the QURAN , believed to be the verbatim word of god.  The follower of Islam are know as MUSLIM meaning ‘one who submits to the will of Allah’ the Muslim believe that god revealed the QURAN – The holy book, to Muhammad through ANGEL.
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   Muhammad wasborn in 570AD in Arabian city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.  He had spiritual experience and became PROPHET.  He united the different tribes of Arabia .  Muhammad was orphaned at a very young age and brought up by his uncle ABU TALIB .  He was married at the age of 25years to KHADIJAH.
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   SHAHADA: Thereis only one god or Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah.  SALAT: Every Muslim must offer prayers (namaz) 5 times a day .  SAWM : Muslims must observe fast form dawn to dusk in holy month of RAMZAN  ZAKAT : Muslim must give certain portion of their wealth as alms to help the poor .  HAJ: Muslims must go on the pilgrimage or to Haj to Kaaba in mecca at least once in their lifetime .
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   Islam addednew dimension to art of calligraphy .  They learnt and improved upon the Chinese techniques of paper making, ceramics and silk weaving .  Contribution of Islamic civilization in the field of mathematics includes the development of algebra and algorithms.  Islamic great works such as RUBAIYAT by Omar Khayyam, SHAHNAMAB by Firdausi .  The Abbasids established the ‘house of wisdom’ in Baghdad Muslim scholars translated into Arabic the ancient roman, Indian and other works of nature science and mathematics etc .  Muslim scholar and scientists paved for scientific progress by Europeans.  Muslim developed a beautiful type architecture that is reflected in the impressive mosque , forts .