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Mohammed Paigambar was the founder of Islam. He was born at Mecca in the year 570 C.E in Mecca. His parents were Abdulla and Ameena. His parents died when Paigambar was very young. He was raised by his uncle. He started his life as a shepherd. He got married to Khadijah at Mecca.

He travelled to many places when he was doing textile business. He came to know about the single God worship and simple religious practices followed by Christianity. His religion believed in worshipping multiple deities and gods. Worshipping many gods is called polytheism. He thought that there were some cultural and social drawbacks among the Arabians.

Paigambar started meditating on Mount Heera. This meditation awakened his understanding. He found some ways to mend the practices of Arabians.

People started accepting his principles. They slowly became his disciples. He was considered as the Messenger of God. The messages he conveyed were believed to be the messages of God. His teachings were compiled and published as a book the Quran. Quran is the holy book of the Muslims.

He was against the polytheism. Hence the people who hated him planned to kill him. Paigambar came to know of this. So, he moved to Madina. His travel from Mecca to Madina in the year 622 C.E. was noted as Hijra. Hijra means ‘the departure’.

The people of Madina liked his principles. The people of Madina was defeated in a war between Mecca and Madina. Hence, he had to move back to Mecca. Finally, his principles were accepted by the people of Mecca also. Mohammad Paigambar died in 632 C.E.