This document provides background information about the origins and founding of Islam through the life of Muhammad. It discusses that Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 AD, became orphaned at a young age, married Khadijah and became a merchant, and in 610 AD experienced revelations from Gabriel to recite the Quran. It notes that by 630 AD the believing community was large enough to establish Islam in Mecca before Muhammad's death in 632 AD, which led to divisions in leadership within Islam.