Islam’s starting point to the universe: The Cave of Hira near Mecca is the venue from where divine revelation descended upon Prophet Muhammad.
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim
prophet Muhammad was born in 570 , his father is ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and his mother is Aminah bint Wahb . He is orphan , his father died before his birth and his mother died also after birth in short time . His uncle Abu Talib cared for him after his grandfather death .
Prophet Muḥammad married Khadija bint Khuwaylid when he was 25 and she was older than him . prophet ( peace be upon him ) was illiterate , he did not know how to read or write . he was shepherd then he moved to trade . He was "faithful, trustworthy" and "al-Sadiq" meaning "truthful", his nickname was "al-Amin" (الامين) . Mecca was popular with idols worship where there were several Gods and idolatry practices .
Prophet Muhammad began to pray in cave haraa (حراء) when angel Gabriel appeared to him and asked him to read versus in Quran . Prophet was very frightened . he got revelation at the age of 40. He began to prevail Islam in Mecca privately being afraid of Quraysh tribe for 3 years and 10 in public . Quraysh tribe opposed prophet mission to worship one god . he left mecca and went to Almadina at the age of 53.
Khadija was the first to believe he was a prophet , then his close friend Abu Bakr and his cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib. Prophet Muhammad died on Monday 632 at the age of 63.