All Foundational Revelations to Muhammad

The foundational revelations to Muhammad are the two events early Islamic biographical and hadith sources treat as central to the beginning and the confirmation of his prophethood. The First Revelation to Muhammad, traditionally dated to a night in the cave of Hira, is recorded in the hadith collections and early biographies as the initial reception of what became the Quran. The Night Journey and Ascension of Muhammad, known as the Isra and Mi raj, is described in the same class of sources as a subsequent night journey to Jerusalem followed by an ascension through the heavens. Classical commentaries and modern reference translations of the Quran treat both events as distinct but closely linked episodes in the same prophetic career, cited together far more often than either is cited alone.