the Prophet

noun

used as another name for Muhammad, the founder of Islam

Examples of the Prophet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dowd will be the voice of the Prophet, who is the philosophical guide for the human resistance in the future, acting as a light that shepherds survivors in the darkness of the unknown the lies ahead. Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 June 2024 For Muslims, Hajj is one of the five most sacred professions of faith and many adherents view making the journey to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, as a requirement for all believers able to do so. Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 25 June 2024 The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage that millions of Muslims make to Mecca to perform religious rites as taught by the Prophet Mohammad to his followers 14 centuries ago. Reuters, NBC News, 19 June 2024 In Christianity, an eclipse has been associated with the darkness that accompanied Jesus' crucifixion and in Islam, the passing of the Prophet Muhammad's son Ibrahim. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024 Underscoring the importance of these biblical connections are the holy sites of Esther’s and her cousin Mordecai’s tombs in Hamadan in western Iran—a pilgrimage site for Jews to this day—and that of the Prophet Daniel in Susa in southwestern Iran. Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024 The Nizari imams claim direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed; it has been rumored that the current khan’s personal fortune is $13.3 billion. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 In January of that year, Islamist extremists stormed the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo and killed 11 journalists for their publication of satirical content related to the Prophet Muhammad. Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024 An art historian at Hamline University who showed images of the Prophet Muhammad in class was denounced by her bosses for supposedly injuring Muslims. Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024

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“The Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Prophet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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