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He was born in Makkah, Arabia, April 20, 570 A.D., fifty-three
years before the Hijrah (flight to Madinah), His father was 'Ab-
dullah, who was the son of 'Abdul Muttalib of the tribe of
Quraysh. His mother was Aminah, daughter of Wahb Ibn 'Abd
Manaf Ibn Zuhrah, Chief of the tribe of Zuhrah. His father died
seven months before he was born, and his mother when he was six
years old. He was then placed under the care and protection of
'Abdul Muttalib, his grandfather, after whose death his uncle,
Abu Talib, was his sponsor.19

Prophet Muhammad 5® lived during a time when there was no
law or science in Arabia, and the Gentile world was so dominated
by superstitions and ignorance that historians refer to the period as
the "Dark Ages." Although the Dark Ages occurred throughout
Europe and the Middle East, it has been reported that knowledge
of civilization was more lacking in Arabia than in all other parts of
the known world. It was in Arabia during this period that Allah