MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Quraysh

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Richard Cohen

Document Summary

Unlike christians, who no longer followed the law of moses as the society changes and sought social reform, muslims preserved and transformed social value by creating a new religion. l. Idea of one god (monotheism) new idea for arabian (allah the only god) n allah revived traditional value as a new god l. Idea of umma community n there"s only one umma, worshipping one allah n shahada: there"s no god but god, muhammad is the messenger of god. Recite quran: not chronologically ordered, but in terms of leaf. n for muslim, jesus is the prophet, not the son of god. Son of god, either, but a perfect man and messenger. n from the life of muhammad . Two men in white raiment came to me with a gold basin full of snow (two men: angels)