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First revelation on Mount Hira
c. c. 610
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Reported in Bukhari 3 and Ibn Ishaq (insider tradition).
Islamic tradition dates the first Qur'anic revelation to about 610, when Muhammad was praying alone in the cave of Hira above Mecca. Waraqa then interprets the experience in biblical terms as the coming of the 'namus' (law or messenger) who came to Moses.
People named here
- Muhammad
- Khadija
- Waraqa ibn Nawfal
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Sequence
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Muhammad's call at Hira (traditional c. 610).
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Report and reading
In
Waraqa ibn Nawfal, Khadija's Christian cousin
Waraqa confirms Muhammad's experience as the 'namus' of Moses.
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Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3 (Beginning of Revelation) — insider tradition, compiled 9th c.
Sunnah.com. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Wikipedia: Hira
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.