... Islam to spread Allah's word. Non-Muslims generally consider him the "founder" of Islam and the Islamic Empire. According to traditional Muslim biographers, he was born 570 CE in Makkah and died June 8, 632 CE in Medina; both Makkah and Medina are cities in the Arabian Peninsula. Muhammad (pbuh) is said to have been a merchant who traveled widely. Early Muslim sources report that in 611, at about the age of 40, while meditating in a cave near Makkah, he experienced a vision. Later, he described the experience to those close to him as a visit from the Angel Jibril , who commanded him to memorize and recite the verses later collected as the Qur'an. He eventually expanded his mission, publicly preaching a strict monotheism and predicting a Day of Judgment for sinners and idol-worshippers - such as his tribesmen and neighbors in Mecca. He did not completely reject Judaism ...

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