Chapter 13 The Expansive Realm of Islam * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Muhammad and His Message Born about 570 C.E. to merchant family in Mecca Orphaned as a child Marries wealthy widow ca. 595 C.E., works as merchant Familiarity with paganism, Christianity and Judaism as practiced in Arabian peninsula ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Muhammad?s Spiritual Transformation Visions, ca. 610 C.E. Archangel Gabriel Monotheism ? Allah Attracts followers in Mecca ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Quran