Muhammad ﷺ

Muhammad ﷺ was born in Mecca around the year 570. Even before prophethood he was known as al-Amīn, “the trustworthy”, because he never lied or cheated. At the age of forty the first revelation came to him in the cave of Ḥirāʾ.

For thirteen years in Mecca he called people to worship one God and faced mockery, boycott and persecution with patience. He then migrated to Medina, where a community grew around his teaching. He passed away at the age of sixty-three.

He was a prophet, but also a husband, a father, a neighbour and a friend. He mended his own clothes, visited the sick, played with children and forgave those who had harmed him. When he returned to Mecca in victory, he pardoned his former enemies.

The Qur’an calls him “a mercy to the worlds” (21:107) and the final prophet (33:40). Muslims follow his example — his words and actions, known as the Sunnah — to understand how to live the Qur’an in daily life.