| AD/AH | |
| 570 | Birth of the Prophet Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh |
| 610 | Revelation of the first verses of the Quran |
| 613 | The Prophet’s public preaching begins |
| 613 | Persians defeat the Byzantines in Damascus and Jerusalem |
| 615 | Refuge of some Muslims in Abyssinia |
| 617 | Embargo of Muslims by the Quraysh |
| 619 | The deaths of Abū Ṭālib and Khadījah (“Year of Sadness”) |
| 620 | The Night Journey |
| 620 | First Pledge of ʿAqabah |
| 621 | Second Pledge of ʿAqabah |
| 622 | Battle of Issus, Byzantines defeat the Persians |
| 622/1 | Migration (ḥijrah) of the Prophet from Makkah to Madinah |
| 624/2 | Battle of Badr |
| 625/3 | Battle of Uḥud |
| 627/5 | Battle of the Trench (Battle of the Confederates) |
| 628/6 | Treaty of Ḥudaybiyah |
| 629/8 | Conquest of Makkah by Muslims |
| 630/8 | Battle of ḥunayn, Battle of Ṭāʾif |
| 631/9 | Tabūk expedition |
| 632/10 | Farewell Pilgrimage |
| 632/11 | Death of the Prophet |
| 632/11 | Abū Bakr appoints Zayd ibn Thābit to compile the Ṣuḥuf (folios) of the Quran |
| 644/23 | ʿUmar entrusts the Ṣuḥuf to ḥafṣah |
| 646–51/25–30 | ʿUthmān orders the compiling of the Muṣḥaf (codex) from the Ṣuḥuf* |