Media Contributed by Rick
The Flight Of Muhammad To Medina From "The outline of history : being a plain history of life and mankind" 1920 by author: Wells, H. G. and Horrabin, J. F.
Quran A folio from an early Quran, written in Kufic script (Abbasid period, 8th–9th century)
al-Aqsa - "The farthest mosque" In Jerusalem - considered the third holiest Islamic site, after Mecca and Medina.
Ascent of Muhammad to Heaven (ca. 1539–1543), from the Khamseh of Nizami
Quran The last ayah (verse) from the sura (chapter) An-Najm: "So prostrate to Allah and worship.
Angel Gabriel and Muhammad Muhammad receiving his first revelation from the angel Gabriel. From the manuscript Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, 1307, Ilkhanate period.
The Prophet's mosque Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ("the Prophet's mosque") in Medina, Saudi Arabia, with the Green Dome built over Muhammad's tomb in the center
Early Muslim Conquests Conquests of Muhammad (green lines) and the Rashidun caliphs (black lines). Shown: Byzantine empire (North and West) & Sassanid-Persian empire (Northeast)
Muhammad's Arabia Main tribes and settlements of Arabia in Muhammad's lifetime
Tomb of Muhammad located in the quarters of his third wife, Aisha
