This study analyses Qur示膩nic references purported to be allusions to the Prophet Mu岣mmad鈥檚 early life. Observations of the use of Qur示膩nic references in the early s墨ra sources substantiate the fact that each of the authors of s墨ra employed greatly differing numbers of Qur示膩nic references. In fact, the use of Qur示膩nic references within the work of s墨ra is occasionally obscure or even, at times, inconsistent. Therefore, the present study seeks firstly to investigate the earliest Qur示膩nic references to Mu岣mmad鈥檚 early life recorded in Muslim sources of the ninth century, and further, to explore the ninth century context and early Muslim hermeneutical responses to and understanding of Qur示膩nic references to Mu岣mmad鈥檚 early life. Finally, the thesis will analyse for what specific reasons these references were developed, and their various socio-religious contexts. The study is qualitative in nature, and is one in which the researcher will employ both descriptive and source-critical approaches. Its analysis will seek to argue for and confirm the rarity of Qur示膩nic references to the Prophet鈥檚 early life in the works of ninth century Islamic literature. The study in its findings will argue that the use of Qur示膩nic references in constructing the Prophet鈥檚 biography is the result of several factors. These include the substantiation of miraculous elements in the narratives, the elucidation of lexical ambiguity in the texts and the 鈥楺ur示膩nisation鈥� of stories and traditions about the Prophet鈥檚 life. It will recommend and extended other areas of future study and analysis of early Islamic literature, in order to explore more deeply the nature of the connection between the Qur示膩n and the narratives of the Prophet鈥檚 life.