Mahomet
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- proper noun
- /məˈhɑːmət/
- Archaic
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Mahomet
- In many discussions about Islam, Mahomet is recognized as the final prophet of Allah.
- the life of Mahomet
Examples
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The Life of Mahomet appeared in several colonial libraries, though it seems never to have come out in an American edition.
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The scholar included passages from The Life of Mahomet in his research on religious history.
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"They believe that God gave Mahomet the Law, so that anyone who obeyed those regulations would be saved."
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The precept of the Koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Mahomet is the prophet of God.
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The Baptist leader John Leland argued against state establishments of religion by saying that these were more properly used by Islamic states because "Mahomet called in the use of law and sword to convert people to his religion; but Jesus did not, does not."
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Increase Mather mentioned this case as evidence that prayer worked to deliver Christians from the hands of their enemies and noted that when Foster was "in captivity under Mahomet," the church at Charlestown set aside a day of prayer and fasting to ask for his deliverance.
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After Prideaux, the next most important biography of Mohammed appears to have been Henri de Boulainvilliers's The Life of Mahomet, which was first translated into an English edition in London in 1731 and seems to have been read by a number of colonists.
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But with a prophet and with a temple, they seemed ever so vaguely foreign—especially as references to Joseph Smith as the American Mahomet started appearing in newspapers, pamphlets, and eventually in a book title.
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Historians often debate the impact that Mahomet had on the development of early Islamic communities.
Synonyms
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3.5
An Arab prophet who founded Islam and taught its beliefs
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An Arab prophet who founded Islam and is honored by Muslims as the last messenger of God
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The founder of Islam whom Muslims regard as the last prophet of God
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mahomet is an old English form of the name Muhammad, the prophet who founded Islam. The name comes from the Arabic root H-M-D meaning 'to praise', so it means 'the praised one', which helps explain why it is used for this important religious figure.