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# Sīrah Timeline: The Life of the Prophet ﷺ and What Came After
- URL: https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/sirah-timeline/
- Published: 2026-11-11T00:03:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T00:04:14.000Z
- Description: An interactive timeline of the Prophet's ﷺ 63 years, then the caliphs, dynasties and great scholars, dated in CE and AH, with the Qur'an in Arabic, hadith from al-Bukhārī, and where each account comes from.
- Author: Sarge Siddiqui
- Tags: Deen, The Qur'an and the Prophet, Interactive Tools

New to the Qur'an? Start with [The Qur'an: What It Is, How It Came Down, and How It Was Kept](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/the-quran/), then read [Muhammad ﷺ: A Life](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/prophet-muhammad/). All articles: [Deen: Start Here](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/deen/).

Deen · Interactive · السيرة

The life of the Prophet ﷺ from the Year of the Elephant to his death in Madinah, then the caliphs, the great dynasties and the scholars whose books are still read. Tap any event for the detail, the Qur'an it relates to in Arabic and English, the hadith, and where the account comes from.

His 63 years to scale: forty before revelation, thirteen in Makkah, ten in Madinah ([Bukhārī 3902](https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3902?ref=mohammadsiddiqui.com)). Tap a mark; on a phone, swipe the strip sideways.

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Where these accounts come from 

Sunna Where a hadith in al-Bukhārī or Muslim records an event, it is linked. These are the firmest accounts.

Sīrah works Most narrative detail comes from the early biographies, which collected reports of varying strength: Ibn Isḥāq (d. 150 AH) in the edition of Ibn Hishām (d. 218 AH), al-Wāqidī (d. 207 AH) on the campaigns, Ibn Saʿd (d. 230 AH), and al-Ṭabarī's *History* (d. 310 AH). A widely used modern synthesis is al-Mubārakpūrī's *al-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm* (The Sealed Nectar), which won the Muslim World League's sīrah prize in 1979.

Dates before the Hijrah are approximate, because the Arabs did not yet number years, and the sīrah writers sometimes differ by a year or two. The Hijri calendar was adopted under ʿUmar, counting from the Hijrah. For a full biography, see [Muhammad ﷺ: A Life](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/prophet-muhammad/); for the people around him, [The People Around Muhammad ﷺ](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/companions/).

Sources 

Qur'an: Arabic and Dr Mustafa Khattab, *The Clear Quran*, from quran.com. Hadith: sunnah.com, checked 11 Nov 2026.

**Spotted a mistake, or know a better source?** I check and correct these pages when readers point things out. Please email [mohammad.siddiqui@icloud.com](mailto:mohammad.siddiqui@icloud.com?subject=Correction%3A%20S%C4%ABrah%20Timeline%3A%20The%20Life%20of%20the%20Prophet%20%EF%B7%BA%20and%20What%20Came%20After) with the passage, what you think is wrong, and your source (Qur'an reference, hadith with collection and number, or a book with page).

Related reading

- [Muhammad ﷺ: A Life](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/prophet-muhammad/)
- [The People Around Muhammad ﷺ: Companions, Wives and Family](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/companions/)
- [How Islam Travelled](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/how-islam-travelled/)
- [Deen: Start Here](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/deen/), every article and tool