Muhammad,
peace be on him, is the last of Allah's Messengers and Prophets.
His name is Muhammad son of Abdullah. He was born in Makkah
570 A.D. Due to the fine reputation he enjoyed among his
people, they nicknamed him 'the Trustworthy'. At the age
of 40, he was endowed with the prophethood when Allah the
Exalted, revealed to him, through the angel Gabriel the
first Qur'anic verses, Muhammad, peace be on him, was asked
to preach the belief in the Oneness of Allah and warn people
against polytheism.
The
Makkan polytheists opposed Muhammad, peace be on him, and
his few followers harshly, but that did not shake his faith
nor waiver his steadfastness, nor did it stop more people
from responding to his preaching. Finally, when the majority
of the people of Madinah embraced Islam, the Makkan Muslims
took flight to Madinah, Later on, the Messenger of Allah himself
migrated to Madinah to establish the Islamic State. Few years
later the polytheists of Makkah and their allies succumbed
to the growing power of the Muslims, and Makkah was conquered.
Some thirty years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad,
peace be on him, Islam had already spread throughout the world
sweeping the two greatest empires in existence; the Persian
and the Roman.