Mohammed..., The Prophet Mohammed lived in the 600s in Mecca and Medina, in what is now Saudi Arabia. He sold camels for a living and married a wealthy widow. Mohammed was only a man, but Muslims describe his value on earth by saying that he was like "a jewel among ordinary stones." There is no religion based on Mohammed. Muslims believe that Mohammed transmitted the literal word of God, which is what Prophets do, but that only God is God and only to God does one pray. The God of Mohammed is the same God as that of Jesus and Moses and Abraham. How did Mohammed come to hold such a role? Muslims believe that while Mohammed was meditating in a cave, the archangel Gabriel came to him and, on his disbelief, wrestled Mohammed to the ground. The angel told Mohammed that he was beloved by God and had been chosen to reveal God's Word. Mohammed then eventually dictated The Koran, which is beleved to be an exact transliteration of the book which God has in Heaven.

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