The First Revelation

The Holy Prophet PBUH used to go to the cave of Hira to meditate.

He used to think about the social crimes and about the creator of the
whole world. One day when he was meditating, he met angel Jibreel
in the form of an ordinary man. Angel Jibreel came close to him and
suffocated him. The first time he said the Holy Prophet PBUH to
read, Holy Prophet PBUH said that he couldn’t, the same happened
the next time. At last, when Angel Jibreel asked the question, the
Holy Prophet PBUH said that what should I read. At that moment, the
first 5 verses of Surah-e-Alaq were revealed. The Holy Prophet came
rushing back to his home and when he reached his home he was
shivering with fright. Hazrat Khadija RA consoled him and listened to
the whole situation. Next day Holy Prophet PBUH and Hazrat
Khadija RA went to one of Hazrat Khadija RA’s cousin whose name
was Warqah bin Nofil. He was a scholar of his time and was of a very
old age. After listening to the whole situation, he told the Holy
Prophet that he had been selected as the Prophet of Allah. He also told
that the man was Angel Jibreel who had been giving revelations from
Allah to the previous Prophets. After that the Holy Prophet PBUH did
not get any other revelation for 40 days. This period was none as
Fitrah Tul Waihee.

The compilation of the Holy Quran was a difficult mission. Holy

Prophet S asked his companions to memorize the holy Quran and he
wrote them on scribes. In a few battles, most of the Huffaz of the
Holy Quran had died this led to the loss of the Quranic parts. Hazrat
AbuBakr was worried about it. He asked the memorizers to memorize
the holy quran as well as write it down and arrange it.