Islam is practiced by nearly 2 billion people-that’s 1 in 4 people on the planet. It emerged in the seventh century, when Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad received revelation from God, which was compiled into the Holy Qur’an. Islam spread rapidly after the Prophet’s death, mostly through the expansion Muslim-ruled empires. However, traveling merchants and mystics continued to spread Islam beyond these conquests in the centuries that followed. Today, Muslims and historians alike continue to think about the history of early Islam by studying the Qur’an and accounts about the Prophet and his companions called Hadith.
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