the prophet who received the revelation of the qur'an was
Muhammad's first revelation Muhammad's first revelation was an event described in Islam as taking place in 610 AD, during which the Islamic prophet, Muhammad was visited by the archangel Gabriel, who revealed to him the beginnings of what would later become the Quran. The event took place in a cave called Hira, located on the mountain Jabal an-Nour, near Mecca.
Conquest of Mecca The conquest of Mecca (Arabic: فتح مكة‎ fatḥ makkah) is claimed by the Muslim traditional narrative of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's life to be a historical event, when Mecca was conquered by Muslims led by Muhammad on 11 January 630,[3] (Julian), 20 Ramadan, 8 AH. Muhammad started the journey on 6 Ramadan, entered Mecca on 18 Ramadan.