The first revelation
بدء الوحي في غار حراء
10 August 610 CE · 21 Ramadan 12 BH
The descent of Jibril upon the Prophet in the cave of Hira with the opening verses of surat al-Alaq — on the night of Monday 21 Ramadan in the book's preferred reckoning, corresponding to 10 August 610 CE, when the Prophet was forty lunar years, six months and twelve days old.
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
- Had participant
- Khadija bint KhuwaylidWaraqa ibn NawfalMuhammad
- Led to
- The pause of revelation (Fatra)
- Occurred at
- Ghar Hira (Cave of Hira)
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 96:1Qur'an 96:2Qur'an 96:3Qur'an 96:4Qur'an 96:5
People and things also explored
MeccaThe three years of the secret callThe pause of revelation (Fatra)The boycott of the Banu HashimThe Prophet's marriage to KhadijaThe Year of SorrowMuhammadThe death of the Prophet
Sources
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
- Watt, Muhammad at Mecca (1953)
- Lings, Muhammad (1983)
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “The first revelation”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/first-revelation/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.