the Prophet

noun

used as another name for Muhammad, the founder of Islam

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Palestinian Salafists wave a flag identical to that of ISIS during a protest against satirical French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, outside the French Cultural Centre in Gaza City on January 19, 2015. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 Muslims also follow the way of the Prophet Muhammad, also known as Sunnah on Islam, by engaging in certain practices on Eid. Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 June 2025 And in a May 10, 1994, speech in South Africa and in another one on Aug. 21, 1995, at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Arafat compared his decision to participate in the Oslo process to deceptions that the Prophet Muhammad engaged in against rival tribes. Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025 Jessica Biel attends the Prophet & Poet launch dinner at Upper Barn Vineyard in Healdsburg, CA. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Prophet

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