Muhammad ﷺ, a Life
From the orphan of Mecca to the Prophet of Medina.
Episodes
- Episode 1 · free
Before him: a valley that had forgotten
A House built for Allah alone. Around it, hundreds of idols. How did the valley come to that, and who would bring it back to Allah alone?
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The orphan
His father died before he was born. His mother, when he was six. “Did He not find you an orphan?” Read how Allah sheltered him.
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Al-Amîn
Before he was a prophet, he was a shepherd, then a merchant. What made a whole city call him the Trustworthy?
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Read!
He was forty. In a cave above Mecca, everything began. The book of Khadija tells this night in detail. Here is its thread.
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Warn your nearest kin
After three discreet years came the order: say it out loud. And the first to turn against him was a man of his own family.
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Ahad, Ahad
In Mecca, believing could cost you dearly. How did the first believers hold on?
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The year of sorrow
In one year, he lost the uncle who protected him and the wife who comforted him. Then a town drove him out. What did he ask for?
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Two in the cave
Waraqa had said it on the first night: your people will drive you out. Thirteen years after Hirâ', that day came.
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Medina, a home built together
In Mecca, the believers had been hunted. In Medina, they had to learn to live together. He began with a building, a brotherhood and a call.
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Badr: few against many
For thirteen years in Mecca, the believers had not answered blows with blows. In Medina, a verse changed that. Then came a day called Badr.
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Uhud and the Trench
After Badr, Quraysh came back for revenge, twice. Once the believers lost through disobedience. Once they held on through patience.
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The conquest, and the mercy
Eight years after leaving Mecca by night, he came back to it. How did the orphan treat the city that had driven him out?
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