How does the founding of Islam contrast with that of other monotheistic religions?

Answer 1

Islam was not 'founded' by any single person at a particular time. It is the religion which evolved over years and centuries.

Islam began with the creation of Maulaana Aadam (as) by Allaah and it evolved after that and attained completion at the time of Rasoolullaah (saws) by the revelation of Qur'an by Allaah on him through Jibra'eel (as).

As it is mentioned in the Qur'an that, "there is no dry or wet thing which is not there in the Qur'an". Therefore, from the evolutionary point of view, Islam is the most recent and amended religion of all in the history of the world. Qur'an is the only book among all the divine books which encompasses the horizon of past, present and future in it. It is the only book that gives the minutely describes about the return of the soul and the details of the Day of Qayaamat.