Iran/Persia: The Prophet Muhammad receiving his first revelation from God through the Angel Jibril (Gabriel). Miniature illustration on vellum from the book Jami' al-Tawarikh (literally 'Compendium of Chronicles' but often referred to as 'The Universal History or History of the World'), by Rashid al-Din (1247-1318), Tabriz, Persia, 1307 CE, now in the collection of the Edinburgh University Library, Scotland. Representations of the Prophet Muhammad are controversial, and generally forbidden in Sunni Islam (especially Hanafiyya, Wahabi, Salafiyya).

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