RE213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jahiliyyah, Medina, Zoroastrianism

• School: WLU
• Department: Religion & Culture
• Course: RE213
• Professor: Meena Sharify- Funk

Document Summary

The life and legacy of the prophet muhammad. Arabia: land of aridity and nomads create issues: environment: desert. Yemen and iraq (known as the najd road: medina = city. In 570 ce: birth of muhammad ibn abdullah. Meccan phase, part one: 570-610 ce: 570: born to amina and abdullah, a(cid:271)dullah (cid:449)as the so(cid:374) of (cid:858)a(cid:271)d al-muttalib, mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs of (cid:858)a(cid:271)d, i(cid:271)(cid:374), (cid:271)i(cid:374)t, a(cid:271)u, u(cid:373)(cid:373) I(cid:374) (cid:1010)(cid:1005)(cid:1004), at age (cid:1008)(cid:1004): fi(cid:396)st e(cid:448)elatio(cid:374) of the qu(cid:396)(cid:859)a(cid:374: hira and jabal un- nur, night of destiny/ power, khadija and wariqa, connection to christianity and judaism, early followers: khadija, ali, abu bakr. In 616: some followers escape to christian abyssinia. In 619: the (cid:862)yea(cid:396) of o(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:449)(cid:863): death of abu taleb and khadija. In 622: flight from mecca to medina: hijra = migration, muhaji(cid:396)u(cid:374) = (cid:862)the e(cid:373)ig(cid:396)a(cid:374)ts(cid:863) Medina phase part 3: pilgrimages and surrender of mecca (628-632ce) In 628: pilgrimage to mecca and the treaty of hudaybiya.