The Makkan Period
Chapter 6 · Event 18
First Words of Quran
610 CE Cave Hira
Jibril said: 'Read!' The Prophet replied: 'I cannot read.' Then came: 'Read in the name of your Lord who created...' (Surah Al-Alaq 96:1-5)
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