Essay on Empire of Faith

In the viewing from PBS named Islam: Empire of Faith it narrates the start and the origin of this empire created and how it continues today. The empire of faith started by one man, named Mohammad. He was born approximately I570 AD in the city of Mecca; in early childhood he was orphaned and was taken into care by his uncle. He would usually retreat into prayer early in his life; Mohammad claimed that he was visited by Gabriel in which he received a revelation from God. Mohammad started to preach shortly after he received this revelation, in which it was the start of the empire of faith.

When Mohammad was taken under the care of his uncle, which was the leader of the tribe, he became very adaptable with everyone around him. Mohammad had many fathers many mothers, and he was considered the child for many. With in the tribe expression orally was highly recognized. The poets for example where the ones that were mostly recognized in the tribes. Since pre Islamic civilization was mainly oral communication that was the way they would pass on stories, poetry would bound them together celebrating their victories but at the same time recognizing their tragedies. Another criteria from pre Islamic civilization is that they worshiped many gods, for example water since the scarcity of water was one of their main problems.

After Gabriel had given the message from God in his visit to Mohammad, he started to preach the message. Followers started to grow, and called them selves Muslims. Mohammad continues to express himself and the message from God by verbal expression. Since from pre Islamic civilization the main way of communication was expressed verbally. Some followers said that Mohammad was no poet since poets expressed their own desires, and Mohammad was expressing the word from God. The begging of the Quran was expressed verbally but eventually it became written so people would be assure that is was not being corrupted, and that