Muhammad, in full Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad
ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim (born 570, Mecca, Arabia
[now in Saudi Arabia]—died June 8, 632, Medina), founder of the religion
of Islam, accepted by Muslims throughout the world as the last of the
prophets of God.
