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The Apostle of Islam 1 5
missions of the Crusades to redeem the Holy
Sepulchre from the hands of the Muslim.
Whether Christianity
realizes the fact of
her failure in this respect, or not, Islam is
fully conscious of it.
Muhammad the Praised One was Muhamborn
at Mecca on August 29th, 570 A.D. mac*
He was left an orphan while still a little
child, and was adopted by an uncle. Later
he became steward to a lady of Mecca,
Khadija,
who asked him to become her
husband, and was, until her death, his
faithful and loving wife. This marriage
for Muhammad that which he
procured
coveted above all
things,
leisure for the
study of the things of God.
The time was past when the idolatrous
worship of his tribe the religious
tribe of Arabia had any meaning for him.
He had had glimpses of a purer, a more
satisfying Faith. Both Jews and Christians
had crossed his path, who had spoken or
the one God :
Creator, Ruler, Provider ;