The pause of revelation (Fatra)
فترة الوحي
c. 610 CE
The pause in revelation after the first descent at Hira — days rather than years in the reading of Ibn Sa'd via Ibn Abbas that the book prefers — ending when Jibril appeared seated on a throne between heaven and earth and surat al-Muddaththir came down with the command to rise and warn.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Scripture and its sciencesProphets
Connections
- Led to
- The three years of the secret call
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Had participant
- Muhammad
- Caused by
- The first revelation
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 74:1Qur'an 74:2Qur'an 74:3Qur'an 74:4Qur'an 74:5Qur'an 74:6Qur'an 74:7
People and things also explored
The three years of the secret callKhadija bint KhuwaylidMuhammadThe first revelationThe Isra and Mi'rajThe prostration at surat al-NajmAbdullah ibn Mas'udThe Battle of Hunayn
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd
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islam.museum contributors. “The pause of revelation (Fatra)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/fatrat-al-wahy/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.