The Makkan Period Chapter 1 · Event 3

Birth of the Prophet ﷺ

570 CE Makkah

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was born on the 12th of Rabi' al-Awwal in the Year of the Elephant. His father Abdullah had died before his birth.

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