Seerah

Seerah Timeline

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Showing 39 of 39 events · 569–633 CE

  1. Pre-570 CE

    Arabia & the noble lineage

    Established · Qurʾān

  2. Year of the Elephant · c.570 CE

    Birth in the Year of the Elephant

    Established · Qurʾān

  3. Infancy · 570–576 CE

    Halimah & the splitting of the chest

    Authentic narration

  4. Childhood · 576–578 CE

    Loss of mother & grandfather

    Established · Qurʾān

  5. Youth · c.583 CE

    Journey to Sham & the monk Bahira

    Authentic narration

  6. Youth · c.590 CE

    Hilf al-Fudul & "the Trustworthy"

    Authentic narration

  7. Age 25 · c.595 CE

    Marriage to Khadijah ؓ

    Authentic narration

  8. Age 35 · c.605 CE

    Rebuilding the Kaʿbah & the Black Stone

    Historical report

  9. Age 40 · 610 CE

    The first revelation in Cave Hiraʾ

    Established · Qurʾān

  10. 610–613 CE

    The secret call & first believers

    Authentic narration

  11. c.613 CE

    Public preaching at as-Safa

    Established · Qurʾān

  12. 614–616 CE

    Persecution of the believers

    Established · Qurʾān

  13. 615–616 CE

    Migration to Abyssinia (Habashah)

    Established · Qurʾān

  14. 616 CE

    Hamzah & ʿUmar embrace Islam

    Authentic narration

  15. 617–619 CE

    The boycott of Banu Hashim

    Authentic narration

  16. ʿAm al-Huzn · 619 CE

    The Year of Sorrow

    Established · Qurʾān

  17. 619–620 CE

    The journey to at-Taʾif

    Established · Qurʾān

  18. c.621 CE

    Al-Israʾ wa'l-Miʿraj

    Established · Qurʾān

  19. 621–622 CE

    The Pledges of al-ʿAqabah

    Authentic narration

  20. 1 AH · 622 CE

    The Hijrah & the Cave of Thawr

    Established · Qurʾān

  21. 1 AH · 622 CE

    Arrival at Qubaʾ & entry into Madinah

    Established · Qurʾān

  22. 1 AH · 622 CE

    The Mosque, brotherhood & the Constitution

    Established · Qurʾān

  23. 2 AH · 624 CE

    The change of the Qiblah

    Established · Qurʾān

  24. 2 AH · 624 CE

    The Battle of Badr

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  25. 3 AH · 625 CE

    The Battle of Uhud

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  26. 4 AH · 625 CE

    Expulsion of Banu an-Nadir

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  27. 5 AH · 627 CE

    The Battle of the Trench (al-Khandaq)

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  28. 5 AH · 627 CE

    Banu Qurayzah & their treachery

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  29. 6 AH · 628 CE

    The Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  30. 6–7 AH · 628 CE

    Letters to the kings & rulers

    Authentic narration

  31. 7 AH · 628 CE

    The Conquest of Khaybar

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  32. 7 AH · 629 CE

    ʿUmrat al-Qadaʾ — the make-up ʿUmrah

    Established · Qurʾān

  33. 8 AH · 629 CE

    The Battle of Muʾtah

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  34. 8 AH · 630 CE

    The Conquest of Makkah

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  35. 8 AH · 630 CE

    The Battle of Hunayn & siege of at-Taʾif

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  36. 9 AH · 630 CE

    The Expedition of Tabuk

    Battle / expeditionEstablished · Qurʾān

  37. 9 AH · 631 CE

    The Year of Delegations

    Established · Qurʾān

  38. 10 AH · 632 CE

    The Farewell Pilgrimage & Sermon

    Established · Qurʾān

  39. 11 AH · 632 CE

    The passing of the Prophet ﷺ

    Established · Qurʾān