Islam Islam, which in Arabic means submission to God or Allah is the youngest religion of the world. It is a monotheistic religion and one of the Abrahamic religions. Islam arose from the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, who received the Holy Scriptures of Islam, the Quran, from Allah by the angel Gabriel between 610 and 632 BCE. Islam claims that Muhammad is the last holy prophet, preceded by Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims (those that …showed first 75 words of 276 total…

…showed last 75 words of 276 total…responsibilities of both sexes are equitable and balanced in their totality. Although Islam allows a man to marry up to four wives, there are restrictions to that. Some examples are that, he must treat all of them equally with love, fairness, and respect etc. If he can't comply with any of these, then he should only marry one. One reason why Islam allows marriage up to four wives is because it does not favor divorce.