The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم

When did the first revelation come to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم?

At age forty, in Ramadan, in the Cave of Hira: the angel Jibril brought the first five verses of Surah Al-Alaq, beginning “Iqra” - Read.

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