The Seerah

Age 0–40 · 571–610 CE · 5 chapters — The land, the family and the forty years that prepared him.

• 1Arabia Before IslamBackgroundجَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَبِ قَبْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ›
• 2The Noble Lineage and the Blessed BirthYear of the Elephantالنَّسَبُ الشَّرِيفُ وَالْمَوْلِدُ الْمُبَارَكُ›
• 3Childhood: Halimah and the Years of LossAge 0–8الطُّفُولَةُ: الرَّضَاعَةُ وَالْيُتْمُ›
• 4The Trustworthy YouthAge 8–25الشَّبَابُ: الصَّادِقُ الْأَمِينُ›
• 5Marriage to Khadijah and Rebuilding the Ka‘bahAge 25–35الزَّوَاجُ مِنْ خَدِيجَةَ وَبِنَاءُ الْكَعْبَةِ›

13 years · Age 40–53 · c. 610–622 CE · 10 chapters — Revelation begins: belief, patience and the first believers.

• Stage 1 · Year 1 of ProphethoodThe Revelation Beginsبَدْءُ الْوَحْيِ

  • 6The Cave of Hira and the First RevelationYear 1غَارُ حِرَاءٍ وَنُزُولُ الْوَحْيِ›
• Stage 2 · Years 1–3The Secret Callالدَّعْوَةُ السِّرِّيَّةُ

  • 7The First BelieversYears 1–3السَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ›
• Stage 3 · Years 4–6The Open Callالْجَهْرُ بِالدَّعْوَةِ

  • 8The Call from Mount ṢafāYear 4الْجَهْرُ بِالدَّعْوَةِ عَلَى الصَّفَا›
  • 9Persecution and PatienceYears 4–10الْإِيذَاءُ وَالصَّبْرُ›
  • 10The Migration to AbyssiniaYear 5الْهِجْرَةُ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ›
  • 11Ḥamzah and ‘Umar Accept IslamYear 6إِسْلَامُ حَمْزَةَ وَعُمَرَ›
• Stage 4 · Years 7–10The Years of Hardshipسَنَوَاتُ الشِّدَّةِ

  • 12The Boycott in the ValleyYears 7–10الْحِصَارُ فِي الشِّعْبِ›
  • 13The Year of Sorrow and the Journey to Ṭā’ifYear 10عَامُ الْحُزْنِ وَالطَّائِفُ›
  • 14Al-Isrā’ and Al-Mi‘rājBefore the Hijrahالْإِسْرَاءُ وَالْمِعْرَاجُ›
• Stage 5 · Years 11–13Toward Madinahالتَّمْهِيدُ لِلْهِجْرَةِ

  • 15The Pledges of ‘AqabahYears 12–13بَيْعَتَا الْعَقَبَةِ›

Age 53 · Year 1 AH · 622 CE · 2 chapters — The journey that became the start of the Islamic calendar.

• 16The Plot and the Cave of Thawr1 AHالْمُؤَامَرَةُ وَغَارُ ثَوْرٍ›
• 17The Road to Madinah1 AHالطَّرِيقُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ›

10 years · Age 53–63 · 1–11 AH · 622–632 CE · 12 chapters — Building a community, defending it, and completing the message.

• Stage 1 · 1–2 AHBuilding the Communityبِنَاءُ الْمُجْتَمَعِ

  • 18The Prophet’s Masjid and the Brotherhood1 AHالْمَسْجِدُ النَّبَوِيُّ وَالْمُؤَاخَاةُ›
  • 19The New Society in Madinah1–2 AHالْمُجْتَمَعُ الْجَدِيدُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ›
• Stage 2 · 2–5 AHDefending the Messageالدِّفَاعُ عَنِ الدَّعْوَةِ

  • 20The Battle of BadrRamaḍān 2 AHغَزْوَةُ بَدْرٍ الْكُبْرَى›
  • 21The Battle of UḥudShawwāl 3 AHغَزْوَةُ أُحُدٍ›
  • 22The Battle of the TrenchShawwāl 5 AHغَزْوَةُ الْأَحْزَابِ (الْخَنْدَقِ)›
• Stage 3 · 6–8 AHTruce and Victoryالصُّلْحُ وَالْفَتْحُ

  • 23The Treaty of ḤudaybiyahDhū al-Qa‘dah 6 AHصُلْحُ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ›
  • 24Letters to the Kings and Khaybar7 AHالرَّسَائِلُ إِلَى الْمُلُوكِ وَخَيْبَرُ›
  • 25The Conquest of MakkahRamaḍān 8 AHفَتْحُ مَكَّةَ›
• Stage 4 · 8–11 AHThe Message Completedتَمَامُ الرِّسَالَةِ

  • 26Ḥunayn and Ṭā’ifShawwāl 8 AHغَزْوَةُ حُنَيْنٍ وَالطَّائِفِ›
  • 27Tabūk and the Year of Delegations9 AHتَبُوكُ وَعَامُ الْوُفُودِ›
  • 28The Farewell Hajj10 AHحَجَّةُ الْوَدَاعِ›
  • 29The Passing of the Prophet ﷺRabī‘ al-Awwal 11 AHوَفَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ›