Two-Column Notes

1. Two-Column Notes 10.1 Rise of Islam Cause Effects

2. Rise of Islam Cause Effect • Prophet Muhammad • Had revelations from Allah, or God, from the Angel Gabriel • He believed that he was last of prophets and that there was one true God, Allah. • He began to preach and convert others • People in Mecca feared that traditional gods would be neglected and no one would come to the city anymore to trade. • Muhammad flees Mecca and goes to Medina (called Hijrah).

4. Rise of Islam Cause Effect • Muhammad is great leader in Medina, converting and uniting people. • Muhammad returns to Mecca with 10,000 men, takes the city, and converts everyone. • Mecca is now a Muslim center.

6. Rise of Islam Cause Effect • Muslims do not separate personal from religious life. • 5 pillars of belief • Faith • Prayer • Alms • Fasting • Pilgrimage • Islam teaches that: • There is only one God, Allah • Each person is responsible for his own actions • Every Muslim must “submit” to God. • The Qur’an is the word of Allah given to the prophet Muhammad

7. Rise of Islam Cause Effect • Qur’an is in Arabic Arabic spreads all over Muslim world • Sunna = Muhammad’s example • Shar’ia = Sunna+Qur’an • Muslim law that regulates family life

8. The Quran = (literally “the recitation)