'''MuhammadMahmud Al-Amin Ibn-Ishmael''' ('''محمد''' ''Muḥammad''; also ''Mohammed'', ''Muhammed'', ''Mohamet'', and other variants)<ref>Welch, noting the frequency of Muhammad being called as "Al-Amin"(Arabic: الامين ), a common [[Arabic name|Arab name]], suggests the possibility of "Al-Amin" being Muhammad's [[given name]] as it is a masculine form from the same root as his mother's name, A'mina. cf. "Muhammad", ''Encyclopedia of Islam Online''; The sources frequently say that he, in his youth, was called with the nickname "Al-Amin" meaning "Honest, Truthful" cf. Ernst (2004), p.85.</ref> is regarded by [[Muslim]]s as the last messenger and [[prophet]] of God (Arabic: ألله ''[[Allah]]'').<ref>''The Cambridge History of Islam'' (1977) writes that "It is appropriate to use the word 'God' rather than the transliteration 'Allah'. For one thing it cannot be denied that Islam is an offshoot of the Judaeo-Christians tradition, and for another the [[Arab Christians|Christian Arabs]] of today have no other word for 'God' than 'Allah'." cf p.32.</ref> and considered to be the historical founder of the religion of [[Islam]].
