RENAISSANCE MARCH 2019

Renaissance A Monthly Islamic Journal Pakistan AL - MAWR I D A Fo un da t io n for I s lam i c Res e ar c h a nd E d uca t io n March 2019 Critical Evaluation of “The First Revelation Narratives” Certain narratives recorded in some primary books of Ḥadīth narrate the account of the first contact of Muḥammad (sws) with the divine. It speaks of his month-long stays in the cave of Ḥirā’. It is stated that while he was meditating during one of these stays, he is said to have received the first revelation from God when Gabriel spoke to him on His behalf.... p.5