Prophet Muhammad arrived Madina from Macca, in

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The correct option is 4:

The correct option is 4: **622 AD**. This year marks the momentous event known as the Hijra (or Hejira), which is the migration of Prophet Muhammad and his early followers from Mecca to the city then known as Yathrib, which was later renamed Medina. This migration was a watershed moment in Islamic history because it signaled the prophet's escape from intensifying persecution in Mecca, allowing the nascent Muslim community to establish its first organized political and religious state. The Hijra is so critical that the Islamic lunar calendar begins from this event, not from the birth of the Prophet or the start of revelation. The arrival in Yathrib (Medina) occurred in September 622 CE, which is why 622 AD is the historically accepted date for the Hijra.

The incorrect option is 1: **612 AD**. This date is too early. While the Prophet had begun receiving revelations around 610 AD, the persecution in Mecca had not yet reached the critical stage that necessitated the organized, mass migration of the Hijra.

The incorrect option is 2: **712 AD**. This date is much too late. By 712 AD, Prophet Muhammad had already passed away (in 632 AD), and the Islamic caliphate had expanded significantly beyond the Arabian Peninsula, having conquered vast territories including parts of North Africa and Spain.

The incorrect option is 3: **661 AD**. This date is also too late. This period saw the beginning of the Umayyad Caliphate and the first Islamic civil war (the Fitna). The Hijra occurred nearly 40 years before 661 AD.