HUMA 1845 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bahira, Quraysh, Monophysitism
27 Apr 2019
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49-63: muhammad"s bio, muhammad the prophet came into being when he was about forty years of age. Muhammad the person was born around 570 c. e. , according to traditional dating; he was certainly born sometime between then and 580 c. e. We have little reliable information about his family background, except that he was a member of. Quraysh, a powerful tribe in mecca, and of the clan of banu hashim, one of the less prominent groups, although well regarded: muhammad"s father died before he was born, and his mother died when he was only six. The company stayed at bostra in syria, a major center of. A monk there named bahira had studied a certain book that foretold the coming of a prophet, whose advent would be accompanied by certain signs. Bahira then did an extraordinary thing: he invited the qurayshite group to eat with him. He looked for the special person, who would have a mark on him.
