Rise and Early Development of Islam

Rise and Early Development of Islam

Islam is one of the three major religions in the world that professes the belief in a single God. In Arabic language, the word Islam means surrender or submission to the will of Gods. A follower of Islam is called a Muslim meaning to surrender to God. The Arabic word for God is Allah refers to the same God that is worshipped by the Jews and Christians. Islam’s teaching of God is that there is only one all-powerful, all-knowing God and that this God created the universe. This rigorous type of belief in a single God as well as Islamic teachings that all Muslims are equal before God provides for a sense of loyalty to God that goes beyond class, race, nationality and even differences in religious practices. So all Muslims belong to one community regardless of their ethnic or national background.

After the rise of Islam in the 7th century, it spread its origins into Syria, Egypt, North Africa, and Spain to the west, and into Persia...