Al-Anbiya
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Al-Anbiyaʼ is the 21st chapter of the Quran with 112 verses. Its principal subject matter is prophets of the past, who also preached the same faith as Muhammad.
Sura 21
Folio from Samarkand Kufic Quran with surah Al-Anbiya. Late 8th–early 9th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page from the Qur'an copied by Ahmad al-Suhrawardi (1256-1340) with the fragment of the surah Al-Anbiya (verses 25nn). Illumination by Muhammad ibn Aybak. Muhaqqaq script. Baghdad, year 1307/1308. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Hijrah
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The Hijrah, also Hegira, was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar
Al-Anbiya
…it is a "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina. It was revealed around 2–3 years before Hijrah, in a later stage of Muhammad preaching in Mecca. 1-4 The judgment of careless and mocking Quraysh near…
Islamic miniature depicting Jibril delivering to Muhammad a message from God telling him to undertake the Hijrah
Quba Mosque, the first mosque in the history of Islam, at the outskirts of Medina. It was founded by Islamic prophet Muhammad when he immigrated to Medina