Jibril, Angel of revelation
The unseenAngel of revelation
Jibrilجبريل
Cave of Hira, Makkah
The trusted spirit who brought Allah's words down to the prophets, last of all to Muhammad ﷺ.
Jibril is called the Trustworthy Spirit and the Holy Spirit in the Quran. He came to Maryam in the form of a man, and to Muhammad ﷺ in the cave of Hira with the first word, Read. He took the Prophet ﷺ on the Night Journey and once came in front of the Companions to teach them Islam, iman and ihsan.
What does the Quran say?
The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down
Quran 26:193
What does the hadith say?
What grew out of it?
Every verse of the Quran reached the Prophet ﷺ through him.
Where do they appear in the story?
Who else is linked?
Cave of HiraMuhammad ﷺMaryamIbrahimThe AngelsMikailIsrafilThe Guests of IbrahimThe Angels Who Spoke to MaryamThe Angels of BadrThe Angels of the Night of Decree
Who lived at the same time?
Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaHeracliusKhosrow IIAl-MuqawqisJabalah ibn al-AyhamYazdegerd III
Source: the Quran · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
The unseen
- The Angels
- Jibril
- Mikail
- Israfil
- The Angel of Death
- Munkar and Nakir
- Kiraman Katibin
- The Guardian Angels
- The Bearers of the Throne
- Malik, keeper of the Fire
- The Keepers of the Fire
- Ridwan
- Harut and Marut
- The Guests of Ibrahim
- The Angels Who Spoke to Maryam
- The Two Disputants of Dawud
- The Angels of Badr
- The Angels Who Pray for Believers
- The Angels of the Night of Decree
- The Jinn
- The Jinn Who Listened
- The Eavesdropping Devils
- The Qarin
- The Jinn of Sulayman
- The Ifrit of Sulayman
- The Hur al-Ayn
- The Youths of Paradise
- The Beast of the Earth