HUMA 1845 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Prophets And Messengers In Islam, Semitic People, Quraysh

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1845
• Professor: Marta Simidchieva

Document Summary

Mecca - central position for trade, transport, all roots intersected here from various places. Banu (son of like ibn) hashim - clan of prophet (saw) Haram - no violence zone --> near ka"bah. Allah - universal god , controlled all tribes. Tribal ethos - breaking, leading to birth of islam. Hanifs - generic monotheists in hejaz , who believed in god (al- rahmanan, the. Quran - collection of the prophet (saw) revelations form god (verbatim, word for word) Umma - muslim community, or the community in which a prophet descends. Prophet- messengers of god, carry message from god to people (divine & human world), all prophets preach same message. Nabi (semetic meaning to whom god speaks, pure and worthy) Rasul (semetic meaning for the one who brings gods scriptures) Muhammad (saw) was both a nabi and rasul & the khatam al-anbiya (the seal of prophets) (end of prophets)