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 | | Abraham established the settlement, which today is the city of Makkah, and built the Kabah towards which all Muslims turn when they pray. |
 | | As soon as he began to recite the words he heard from Gabriel, and to preach the truth that God had revealed to him, he and his small group of followers suffered bitter persecution, which grew so fierce that in the year 622 God gave them the command to emigrate. |
 | | This event, the Hijrah, 'migration', in which they left Makkah for the city of Madinah some 260 miles to the north, marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar. |
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