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Chapter 10 - Muḥammad’s Rivals

Prophets in Late Antique Arabia

from Part II - Religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2021

By
Glen W. Bowersock
Edited by
Harriet I. Flower
Harriet I. Flower
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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Summary

Muḥammad is usually known among Muslims simply as the Prophet or Messenger, but he was by no means the only prominent prophet in his own lifetime, although the others were eventually overtaken by him. This chapter attempts to place Muḥammad in the prophetic milieu of his own lifetime and to identify his leading rivals, which included at least one with a Qurʾān of his own.

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pagansMusaylimaḥanīfConstitution of Medinafalse prophets
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Empire and Religion in the Roman World , pp. 232 - 240
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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