Who Is Allah? Mohammed was born in Mecca in 570 AD. In 610 AD - TopicsExpress



          

Who Is Allah? Mohammed was born in Mecca in 570 AD. In 610 AD he declared himself a prophet. At a temple called ka’aba in Mecca 360 idols along with a Black Stone were worshipped. Prior to Islam the people prayed each day facing Mecca since that was the place where their idol Allah was located. Each Arab tribe used Allah as a generic term to refer to its own particular high god. When Mohammed began propagating his new religion he was run out of Mecca in 622 AD. He then went to Medina where he successfully began his new religion, Islam, and even became the ruler of that city. In Mecca Arabs worshipped a moon-god called Hubal at their temple called Kabah. Hubal, being their highest ranking god, was also known by other names such as Allah. When Mohammed came along, he dropped all references to the name Hubal but retained the generic al-ilah, which had been modified to Allah. Allah was a pagan moon-god in Arabia during pre-Islamic times
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 21:40:18 +0000

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