Template: Muhammad timeline in Mecca Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! <noinclude>{{pp-semi-indef}}</noinclude> {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="25%" style="float:right; border:1px solid #ddd; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:0 0 1em 1em; vertical-align:right; font-size:80%; background-color:#f7fdf7;" ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#dcf5dc;" |<big>Timeline of Muhammad's life</big> |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Important dates and locations in the life of Muhammad |- ! style="background-color:#dcf5dc;" |Date ! style="background-color:#dcf5dc;" |Age ! style="background-color:#dcf5dc;" |Event |- | style="text-align:right;" |{{circa}} 570 | align="center" | β | Death of his father, [[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Abdullah]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 570 | align="center" | 0 | Possible date of birth: 12 or 17 Rabi al Awal: in [[Mecca]], [[Arabia]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 577 | align="center" | 6 | Death of his mother, [[Amina bint Wahb|Amina]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 583 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 12β13 | His grandfather transfers him to [[Syria]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 595 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 24β25 | Meets and marries [[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid|Khadijah]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 599 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 28β29 | Birth of [[Zainab bint Muhammad|Zainab]], his first daughter, followed by: [[Ruqayyah bint Muhammad|Ruqayyah]], [[Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad|Umm Kulthum]], and [[Fatima Zahra]] |- | style="text-align:right;" rowspan=2 | 610 | align="center"; rowspan=2 | 40 | Qur'anic revelation begins in the [[Cave of Hira]] on the [[Jabal an-Nour]], the "Mountain of Light" near Mecca. At age 40, Angel Jebreel (Gabriel) was said to appear to Muhammad on the mountain and call him "the Prophet of Allah" |- | Begins in secret to gather followers in Mecca |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 613 | align="center" | 43 | Begins spreading message of Islam publicly to all Meccans |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 614 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 43β44 | Heavy persecution of Muslims begins |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 615 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 44β45 | Emigration of a group of Muslims to [[Kingdom of Aksum|Ethiopia]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 616 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 45β46 | [[Banu Hashim]] clan boycott begins |- | style="text-align:right;" rowspan=2 | 619 | align="center" rowspan=2 | 49 | Banu Hashim clan boycott ends |- | The year of sorrows: Khadija (his wife) and [[Abu Talib ibn βAbd al-Muttalib|Abu Talib]] (his uncle) die |- | style="text-align:right;" | c. 620 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 49β50 | [[Isra and Mi'raj]] (reported ascension to heaven to meet God) |- | style="text-align:right;" | 622 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 51β52 | [[Hijra (Islam)|Hijra]], emigration to [[Medina]] (called Yathrib) |- | style="text-align:right;" | 624 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 53β54 | [[Battle of Badr]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | 625 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 54β55 | [[Battle of Uhud]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | 627 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 56β57 | [[Battle of the Trench]] (also known as the siege of Medina) |- | style="text-align:right;" | 628 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 57β58 | The Meccan tribe of Quraysh and the Muslim community in Medina sign a 10-year truce called the [[Treaty of Hudaybiyyah]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | 630 | align="center" | 59β60 | [[Conquest of Mecca]] |- | style="text-align:right;" | 632 | align="center" class="nowrap" | 61β62 | Farewell pilgrimage, [[The event of Ghadir Khumm|event of Ghadir Khumm]], and death, in what is now Saudi Arabia |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{navbar|Muhammad timeline in Mecca|style=text-align:center}} |}<noinclude> [[Category:Muhammad sidebar templates]] [[Category:Mecca templates]] </noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page