His name was Muhammad, "the praised one." He was orphaned at an early age; hence he understood the plight of orphans and the under-privileged. Here is an overview of his life.
Eight years after the Hijrah, the Prophet Muhammad returned to Mecca with an army of 10,000 men under the strict order that no blood was to be spilt, no revenge was to be taken. He respectfully rode into Mecca on the back of his camel bowing so much so that his head nearly rested on the camel's neck. Upon entering the city, he told its Meccans: "I say to you what the Prophet Joseph (Yusuf) said to his brothers, 'This day, no reproach be cast on you. May Allah forgive you. You are free.'"
