History of Islam

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-islam

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of prophet muhammad's first revelation?Circa 610 CE
2. What is the major caliphates?Rashidun (632-661 CE), Umayyad (661-750 CE), Abbasid (750-1258 CE)
3. What happened when Prophet Muhammad received the first revelations?He heard messages from the Angel Gabriel in Mecca around 610 CE, and these messages became the Quran, the holy book of Islam.
4. Why did Muslims move from Mecca to Medina?Muslims were persecuted in Mecca, so they migrated to Medina in 622 CE, creating a new community and starting the Islamic calendar.

Tawhid: The Islamic concept of the absolute oneness and uniqueness of God (Allah).
Sunnah: The practices, sayings, and teachings of Prophet Muhammad, serving as a guide for Muslims.
Fiqh: Islamic jurisprudence, the theoretical law of Islam derived from the Quran and Sunnah.