Wito wa Muhammadi ﷺ unaweza kugawanywa katika awamu mbili zilizotofautishwa wazi:

The Muhammadan Call could be divided into two phases distinctively demarcated:

1. Kipindi cha Makka: karibu miaka kumi na mitatu.

1. The Makkan phase: nearly thirteen years.

2. Kipindi cha Madina: miaka kumi kamili.

2. The Madinese phase: fully ten years.

Kila moja kati ya awamu hizo mbili lilikuwa na sifa mahususi ambazo zilionekana kwa urahisi kupitia uchunguzi makini wa hali zilizozitawala kila moja yake.

Each of the two phases included distinctive features easily discernible through accurate scrutiny into the circumstances that characterized each of them.

Kipindi cha Makka kinaweza kugawanywa katika hatua tatu:

The Makkan phase can be divided into three stages:

1. Hatua ya Da'wah ya siri: miaka mitatu.

1. The stage of the secret Call: three years.

2. Hatua ya kutangaza Da'wah huko Makkah: kuanzia mwanzo wa mwaka wa nne wa Utume hadi karibu mwisho wa mwaka wa kumi.

2. The stage of the proclamation of the Call in Makkah: from the beginning of the fourth year of Prophethood to almost the end of the tenth year.

3. Hatua ya mwito wa Uislamu na kueneza dini hiyo nje ya Makka: ilidumu kuanzia mwishoni mwa mwaka wa kumi wa Utume hadi Muhammad ﷺ alipohama kwenda Madina.

3. The stage of the call to Islam and propagating it beyond Makkah: it lasted from the end of tenth year of the Prophethood until Muhammad’s (Peace be upon him) emigration to Madinah.

Awamu ya Madina itachunguzwa baadaye katika wakati wake unaostahili.

The Madinese phase will be considered later in its due course.