INCP: Islamiat - Week 1 - Day 3 - Paper 1 - Call to prophet hood

Why did Prophet Muhammad consider the society as corrupt

Because it commonly featured

• Moral decay

• Use of idols and Polytheistic idea

• Social injustice

• Killing of newborn females

Approaching the age of 40 (Nearing Prophet hood), how did the Prophet behave

• Spent his time in isolation/solitude in the cave of Hira

• Meditated

When did Angel Gabriel first appear in front of Prophet Muhammad

Ramadan 27th 610 AD. (The exact date is debated but most scholars agreed with this)

How did the first revelation occur

• 27th Ramadan 610 AD

• Angel Gabriel appeared and asked the Prophet to read

• The Prophet replied: “I cannot read”

• The Angel suffocated him and asked again but the Prophet repeated the same answer

• Again came a threat of suffocation; To which the Prophet asked
  “What do you want me to read?” out of fear

What did Angel Gabriel ask the Prophet to read in the first Revelation

“Read in the name of your lord and cherisher, who created man, out of a mere clot of blood. Proclaim! And your lord is most bountiful, he who is taught by pen. Taught the man that which who knew not”

How did Khadija react when she heard of the Revelation in the cave of Hira

• She comforted him

• She brought him to her Christian Cousin (Waraqa bin Naufal) who revealed Angel Gabriel as a messenger of the lord/Allah (SWT)

Why was it significant that the Prophet could not read or write

Since he could not read or write, The chances of being able to compose the Quran himself were impossible, suggesting external force thought to be Allah (SWT) by muslims