The moment
By tradition, in about 610 Muhammad received the first verses of the Qur'an during Ramadan in a cave on Mount Ḥirāʾ, beginning with the command 'Recite!' The revelations continued until his death in 632. The date rests on later Islamic biographies, so historians treat it as approximate.
People: Muhammad, Khadija, Angel Jibrīl (Gabriel)