The Brief Life of Prophet Muhammad

won for him the title of “Al-Amin,” a faithful custodian, an unfailing trustee. The Search for the Truth Without doubt the Prophet had every opportunity for worldly advancement. He was born into a noble family of Makkah and his virtues guaranteed his success in life. Although, he had inherited just one camel and one servant from his father, his inborn high qualities had impressed the richest woman in Makkah, Khadijah, a forty-year-old widow belonging to a family of merchants. When the Prophet was twenty-five, she offered herself to him in marriage. Marriage with Khadijah provided the Prophet with wealth and property; it also threw open to him a vast field of business in Arabia and beyond. The