Essay About Message Of Islam And Proper Name Muslim

Islam
Essay title: Islam
Beliefs
Muslims believe that God revealed His final message to humanity through the Islamic prophet Muhammad (c. 570 – July 6, 632) via the angel Gabriel.[16] Muhammad is considered to have been Gods final prophet, the “Seal of the Prophets”. The Quran is believed by Muslims to be the revelations Muhammad received in 23 years of his preaching.[17] Muslims hold that the message of Islam – submission to the will of the one God – is the same as the message preached by all the messengers sent by God to humanity since Adam. Muslims believe that “Islam is the eternal religion, described in the Quran as the primordial nature upon which God created mankind.[18][19] Further the Quran states that the proper name Muslim was given by Abraham.[20][19] As a historical phenomenon, however, Islam was originated in Arabia in early 7th century.”[19] Islamic texts depict Judaism and Christianity as prophetic successor traditions to the teachings of Abraham. The Quran calls Jews and Christians “People of the Book,” and distinguishes them from polytheists. However, Muslims believe that the previously revealed scriptures, the Tawrat (Torah), and the Injil (Gospels), had become distorted as indicated in the Quran, either in