Summary of Juan Cole's Muhammad

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Muhammad was born in Mecca, a city that was between two empires, the Roman and the Sasanian. His clan, the Hashim, served as caretakers and ministers of the Kaaba, a cube-shaped shrine to God the Most High. They maintained concord throughout the year.
#2 When Muhammad was 25, he had the opportunity to escape his relative poverty. He was recommended for a job by his uncle, who owned half of Mecca’s merchant capital. He went to Syria with Khadija’s rivaled, which may have possessed half of the town’s long-distance merchant capital.
#3 The Arab merchants would have traveled through the night beneath a spangled sky. They would have reached the date-palm oasis of Yathrib, where they would have stocked up on water, dates, and other refreshments. They would then have set off again north.
#4 The trade route from Mecca to Roman Arabia revived in the last third of the sixth century, as did the travel between the two. The Arabs were constantly switching between the two empires, which allowed them to be both noncommittal and politically neutral.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion
• Islam
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669397144
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

Muhammad was born in Mecca, a city that was between two empires, the Roman and the Sasanian. His clan, the Hashim, served as caretakers and ministers of the Kaaba, a cube-shaped shrine to God the Most High. They maintained concord throughout the year.

#2

When Muhammad was 25, he had the opportunity to escape his relative poverty. He was recommended for a job by his uncle, who owned half of Mecca’s merchant capital. He went to Syria with Khadija’s rivaled, which may have possessed half of the town’s long-distance merchant capital.

#3

The Arab merchants would have traveled through the night beneath a spangled sky. They would have reached the date-palm oasis of Yathrib, where they would have stocked up on water, dates, and other refreshments. They would then have set off again north.

#4

The trade route from Mecca to Roman Arabia revived in the last third of the sixth century, as did the travel between the two. The Arabs were constantly switching between the two empires, which allowed them to be both noncommittal and politically neutral.

#5

Muhammad’s trading trips involved him navigating the desert between the jet carapace of hilly country to the east and the turquoise sea to the west. To fill the boredom, he and his companions recited heroic poetry of their ancestors’ battle days.

#6

The Quraysh caravan trade was with the Roman Empire, and they would bring back staples like grain as well as raisins, wine, and Damascene swords. The Hejazis were known for their precious metals and called the mines near Medina the Cradle of Gold.

#7

The Arabs at Madain Saleh in the sixth century were mostly devotees of the old gods, and they were still worshiping Manat, the Arab goddess of fate, who was also loved in Medina.

#8

The Qur’an states that the fire that was created was a reminder and a means of provisioning those who were strong enough to traverse the desert. The people of Wadi Ramm, who were largely Christian by this time, were still worshiping their old gods.

#9

The Arabs believed that their deities lived in the square, featureless betyls. The Romans, on the other hand, believed that the shrines of their deities served as sanctuaries of peace. Muhammad and his men left behind their realm of safety and entered the sometimes raucous tribal domains of the eastern Roman Empire.

#10

The Qur’an mentions that God brought the ancient people of `Ad to ruin, and that he is the Lord of Sirius, who brought the ancient people of `Ad to ruin. This may have been a reference to the fall of Nabatea and its transfer to Roman control.

#11

After the Roman destruction of the second Jewish temple in 70 CE, the temple mount lay abandoned, an empty esplanade that may have still sported a crumbling statue of Zeus placed there by the old traditionalist Romans. Jewish tradition identified it with Mount Moriah, where God was held to have commanded the patriarch Abraham to sacrifice his son.

#12

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