The Life of Muhammad
Continued
n Merchant travels allowed Muhammad to observe the
forces undermining clan unity and to encounter the
spread of monotheistic ideas.
n Muhammad became dissatisfied with a life focused on
material gain and went to meditate in the hills.
n In 610 he began receiving
revelations transmitted from
god via the angel Gabriel.
n Later, written in Arabic and
collected in the Quran, they
formed the basis for Islam.