Why do Muslims Believe that Muhammad was a Messenger

The final messenger sent to mankind was a man born in Makkah named Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillaah (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace). Although many Westerners generally accept that the likes of Abraham, Moses and Jesus were prophets of God, they have trouble accepting that Muhammad (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) was a prophet of God too. This has very much to do with the fact that their ancestors did not accept the message of the final prophet, and consequently, they do not regard him as being a prophet of God either.This fact is clearly reflected in the books of Western academics, as well as the mainstream Western media. It is not uncommon to hear Prophet Muhammad (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) being referred to as the “Founder of Islam,” or more overtly, as “the prophet Muhammad, who authored the Quran.” If it can be proven that the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) was an impostor who falsely claimed to be receiving divine revelation, the whole message of Islaam becomes invalidated. Once it can be agreed upon that the author of the Qur’aan “can be taken to be Muhammad himself,” it becomes easy to dismiss the religion of Islaam as being solely a man-made religious tradition from the past that is better left ignored.