 It was in Makkah, in the nearby mountain cave of Hira on Jabal al-Nour, that, according to Islamic tradition, Muhammad began receiving divine revelations from God through the archangel Jibreel in 610 AD.Advocating his form of Abrahamic monotheism against Meccan paganism, and after enduring persecution from the pagan tribes for 13 years, Muhammad emigrated to Madinah ("hijrah") in 622 with his companions, the "Muhajirun", to Yathrib (later renamed Madinah).The conflict between the Quraysh and the Muslims is accepted to have begun at this point.