RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Ditch, Al-Lat, Zoroastrianism
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Week 2: the beginning of islam: mohammad, the man and the. The prophet was born to the hashim clan of quraish in mecca, year 570. Year 570 is known as the year of the elephant, mecca was saved from abraha"s invasion. He was brought up by abu talib. When the prophet was 40, he received his first revelation (sura 96) at mountain. Involved in trade known as al-amin for reliability. Khadija and the prophet had 4 daughters, no sons survived. First few proclamations regarding the day of judgement (the nearing of the day of the judgement, natural catastrophes, israfil will blow the trumpet, the dead will be resurrected, trials will separate the unbelievers from the believers) However, the practical meccan merchants could not believe in corporeal resurrection. Sura 112: that there is one god, he has no partners, no other deities. Shirk: associating something with god, cannot be forgiven.
