The document summarizes the origins and early history of Islam. It states that the Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 CE and began receiving revelations from the angel Gabriel in 610 CE, teaching that he was a prophet continuing the messages of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Many poor and merchants rejected his message. By 632 CE when he died, Islamic control of Arabia was underway. After his death, fighting broke out over succession leading to the Sunni and Shi'a split. Within a century, Islam spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa.