When Rasulullah  was forty years old, an angel appeared in the cave of Hira and commanded him three times to 'Read'. Rasulullah  replied that he could not. The angel then recited the following verses as the first revelations of the Quran then disappeared:

This Divine incident so affected Rasulullah  that he hurried home and he related the incident to Hazrat Khadeejah (R.A.)
When Rasulullah  said he was afraid for his life, Hazrat Khadeejah (R.A.) comforted him and said 'you should feel happy. Allah will never let you down because you have been loving, helpful, truthful, and you are 'Fair'.

After this granting of apostleship, Rasulullah  began to preach Islam. The first man to become a Muslim was his closest friend Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.) and first women was his beloved wife Hazrat Khadeejah (R.A.)
Others who became Muslims willingly were Hazrat Ali-ibn-Abu Taalib (R.A.), the young cousin of Rasulullah , and Hazrat Zaid-bin-Harith (R.A.) the freed slave of Rasulullah. 

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