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The Warning at Safa
Episode 3 companion article following the end of three years of secret dawah: the command to proclaim openly, the gathering at Mount Safa, Abu Lahab’s public curse, the shift from indifference to open hostility, the first blood shed for the faith, and the persecution of Bilal, Ammar, and Sumayyah.
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The Man Before the Message
Episode 2 companion article tracing the forty years before the revelation: childhood and loss, the road to Syria, the Fijar War, the Alliance of the Virtuous, the marriage to Khadijah رضي الله عنها, the rebuilding of the Kabah, the first revelation in the cave of Hira, and the first four believers.
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The World He Was Born Into
Episode 1 companion article exploring the world in 570 CE, Byzantium, Persia, Axum, Arabia, the Year of the Elephant, the birth of Muhammad ﷺ, and the civilisational argument for the message.
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