the first revelation of quran took place in 610 ad.
when did the first revelation of quran take place?
610 ad
muhammad's first revelation









































muhammad's revelation was an event described in islam as taking place in 610 ad, during which the islamic prophet, muhammad was visited by the archangel jibrīl, known as gabriel in english, who revealed to him the beginnings of what would later become the quran. the event took place in a cave called hira, located on the mountain jabal an-nour, near mecca. as for the exact date of this event, it has been
muhammad's first revelation
surahs in the qur'an are not arranged in the chronological order of revelation because order of wahy or "chronological order of revelation" is not a part of quran. muhammad told his followers sahaba the placement in quranic order of every wahy revealed along with the original text of quran. wm theodore de bary, an east asian studies expert, describes that "the final process of collection and codification of the quran text was guided by one over-arching principle: god's words must not in any way be distorted or sullied by human intervention. for this reason, no serious attempt, apparently, was made to edit the numerous revelations, organize them into thematic units, or present them in chronological order...". "surat al-qalam" is a meccan sura and meccan suras are chronologically earlier suras that were revealed to muhammad at mecca before the hijrah to medina in 622 ce. they are typically shorter, with relatively short "ayat", and mostly come near the end of the qur'an's 114 surahs. most of the surahs containing "muqatta'at" are meccan. henceforth apart from traditions, this surah qualifies to be meccan typically. according to some classical traditions, commentaries and tafsirs the proposed order is 2nd in place right after muhammad's first revelation. the supporting argument of this surah being the second revelation is that arabs were unaware of angels in the time of jahiliyyah and news of muhammad's first revelation made them curious about the sanity of muhammad, thus to refute this idea god revealed the first seven ayaat of surah qalam.
al-qalam