What was the expedition of Tabuk? · Islam Museum

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The Expedition of Tabuk, Rajab 9 AH / 630 CE, was the last campaign of the Prophet ﷺ. Thirty thousand men set out in hardship and heat to meet the Byzantines, but they met no army, and the expedition exposed the hypocrites. ¹

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The death of the Prophet· The delegation of Banu Hanifa

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)

The title by which Quraysh called Muhammad before prophethood for the trustworthiness and good qualities they saw in him; they cried it out when he entered as arbiter over the Black Stone during the rebuilding of the Kaaba.