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ISLAMIC HISTORY - FROM 7TH TO 19TH CENTURY

Islam is an Arabic word which means “submit to Allah (God)”. Islamic History begins with the revelation of Holy Qur’an on Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) at the age of 40 years in 610 AD. The followers of Islam are known as ‘ Muslims ’.  Since its beginning, Islam and Muslims have been playing important role in the military, political and economic history of the world, especially the Middle East. Though Islam is not an old religion, but Muslims believe that all the prophets of Allah [from Adam (PBUH) to Muhammad (PBUH)] were Muslims and they all preached Islam, while Judaism and Christianity invented due to misguidance of later people. Thus, Islam is the first and true religion of mankind, according to Muslim’s belief.  Arabia before Islam Before the advent of Islam, most of the people in the Arabian peninsular, especially Hejaz , were polytheists. They worshiped different idols and there were 360 idols in Kaaba , which was rebuilt by Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) and his son I