THE PROPHET (P.B.U.H) RECEIVES HIS FIRST
REVELATION
When the Prophet was over thirty years of age, love of God and love of His worship began to possess him
more and more. Revolting against the mischiefs, misdeeds and the many vices of the people of Mecca, he
chose a spot two or three miles away for his meditations. This was on top of a hill, a sort of cave shaped
out of stone. His wife Khadija would prepare food enough for several days, and with this he would repair
to the cave Hira. In the cave he would worship God day and night. When he was forty years of age, he saw
a vision. It was in this very cave. He saw some one commanding him to recite. The Prophet said in reply
he did not know what or how to recite. The figure insisted and at last made the Prophet recite the following
verses:
Recite thou in the name of thy Lord Who created,
created man from a clot of blood. Recite! And thy
Lord is the Most Beneficent, Who taught man by the
pen, taught man what he knew not (96:2-6).
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