Anas Ibn Iyàd, Yazid Ibn Harun andAbd Allah Ibn Numayr informed
us; they said: Yahya Ibn Sa’id informed us on the authority of Sa’id Ibn
al-Musayyib:
Verily, the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, received the (first)
revelation of the Qur’an at the age of forty-three years and remained in
Makkah (after it) for ten years.
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Anas Ibn Iyàd informed us on the authority of Rabiah Ibn Abu Abd alRahman, he on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik; he said: Verily, the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, remained in Makkah for ten years. Volume 1, Parts 1.61.3 Ubayd Allah Ibn Musa and al-Fadl Ibn Dukayn informed us; they said:
Sufyàn informed us on the authority of Yahya Ibn Abi Kathir, he on the
authority of Abu Salamah; he said: ‘Ayishah and Ibn ‘Abbas related to
me:
Verily, the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, remained in Makkah
for ten years, during which period the Qur’án was revealed to him, and
he stayed at al-Madinah (also) for ten years.
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Musa Ibn Dawud informed us, saying: Ibn Lahiah informed us on the authority of Yazid Ibn Abi Habib: Verily, the Prophet, may Allah bless him, remained in Makkah for ten years and left it in the month of Safar and arrived at al-Madinah in the month of the First Rabi.
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Yahya Ibn Abbad andAffàn Ibn Muslim informed us; they said:
Hammád Ibn Salamah informed us; `Ammar Ibn Abi Ammar the mawlà
of Banu Háshim informed us on the authority of Ibn Abbas; he said: The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, remained in Makkah for fifteen years (out of which) for seven years he perceived effulgence and (divine) light and heard sounds; and for eight years he received revelations.Affan added in his narration that he stayed at al-Madinah
for ten years.
Volume 1, Parts 1.61.6Abd Allah Ibn Numayr informed us: Al-Ala Ibn Sàlih informed us on
the authority of al-Minhal Ibn Amr, he on the authority of Sa'id Ibn Jubayr; (he said): Verily, a man came to Ibn 'Abbas and said: The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, received revelations for ten years at Makkah and for ten years at al-Madinah. He said: Who says this thing? Revelations dawned upon him at Makkah for fifteen years or more. Volume 1, Parts 1.61.7 Isma'il Ibn Ibrahim al-Asadi informed us on the authority of Abu Raja; he said: I heard al-Hasan, and he recited: "And it is a Qur'an that We have divided, that thou mayst recite it unto mankind at intervals, and We have revealed it by successive revelations". (Qur'an, 17:106) He (IbnAbbas)
said: Allah revealed the Qur’an in parts in succession, one part before the
other, since He knew it will last for ever among the people. It has reached
us that between its first and last parts there was a difference of eighteen
years. It was being revealed at Makkah for eight years before migration
to al-Madinah, and for ten years there.
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Rawh Ibn Ubadah informed us: Hisham Ibn Hassan informed us on the authority of Ikrimah, he on the authority of Ibn `Abbas; he said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, stayed at Makkah, after he
had been commissioned (to prophethood) for thirteen years (during
which) he was receiving revelations, and then he was commanded to
migrate.
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Rawh lbn ‘Ubadah informed us: Zakariya Ibn Ishaq informed us on the
authority of Amr Ibn Dinar, he on the authority of IbnAbbas; he said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, stayed at Makkah for thirteen
years.
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Kathir Ibn Hisham, Musa Ibn Dawud and Musá Ibn Ismá’il informed us;
they said: Hammad Ibn Salamah informed us on the authority of Abu
Hamzah; he said:
I heard Ibn `Abbas saying: The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
stayed at Makkah for thirteen years, (while he) was receiving revelation.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 