the Prophet

noun

used as another name for Muhammad, the founder of Islam

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The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering some Muslim parents. Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 Just weeks before Paty's death, Charlie Hebdo had republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to mark the start of the trial for the deadly 2015 attacks on its newsroom by Islamic extremists. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Nabatieh, once a noisy, compact city of 120,000, famous for the market and its yearly 10-day gathering for Ashura — when Shiite Muslims commemorate the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson — is now ghostly quiet. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 The deaths of notable people close to eclipses — including French Emperor Louis the Pious on May 5, 840 and the Prophet Mohammad's son Ibrahim on Jan. 27, 632 — further tied negative beliefs to the astral event. James Powel, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Prophet 

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“The Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Prophet. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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