The core religious allegory of Islam starts with Muhammad’s revelations in the caves and ends with the death of 4th successor Ali, almost 40 years later. It is analogous to the Last Suppers, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in Christianity. In the lifetime of Muhammad, his community gained control over the Arabian Peninsula. And though he passed away in 632 AD the religious story doesn’t end there. But it is continued through his four closest followers, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, together they formed the Rashidun, which means the Rightly Guided One’s. Together they established the first Islamic state, the Caliphate. In just 30 years the Rashidun Caliphate had conquered all of Persia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant and even parts of the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia. In some ways this new state resembled a democracy. All four leaders were elected by the council representatives. But the transition of power between these leaders was not an easy one. And all of it started with the death of a prophet