![]() ![]() Mostly, he was invisible to others, but sometimes he was visible to the Companions as a man. For example, Aisha Radi Allahu anha is reported to have said that at times when wahi came to him, and although it was cool morning, his forehead would glisten with perspiration. The strain it placed on him was sometimes evident to those present with him. Mostly, it was also physically burdensome, such as reported by Zaid bin Harith. However, sometimes the revelation came with the ringing of a bell, which was most difficult for him. You will be called a liar and they will treat you with scorn and cast you out and fight you."Īfter the first few encounters, the Prophet sallil Allahu alayhe wa sallam became somewhat comfortable with wahi (the process of revelation). There has come to you the greatest namus (Angel Gabriel) who came to Moses. Waraqa talked to the Prophet sallil Allahu wa sallam and said, "You are the prophet of this people. She then took him to her cousin, Waraqa bin Naufal, a Christian monk. She comforted him with words of consolation - thus lightening his burden and proclaimed to the truth of what he said. The Prophet sallil Allahu alayhe wa sallam returned to his wife Khadijah radi Allahu anha and told her the entire incident. And as he was heading down the mountain, Jibrael alayhe salam appeared to him in the form of a man standing on the horizon and declared that he was the Messenger of Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. The Prophet did not expect this and was greatly shaken by the dream. When Jibrael said, "Iqra" read, the Prophet sallil Allahu alayhe wa sallam responded, "what shall I read?" The Angle repeated it three more times and the Prophet repeated the same response. It is generally agreed the first words revealed by Jibrael Alayhe salam were that of Surah al-Alaq ( Chapter 96) starting with the word "Iqra"- meaning recite or read. ![]() It was in this seclusion that he noticed the presence of the Angel.Īccording to historian Ibn Ishaq, the recorder of life-history (Sira) of Prophet sallil Allahu alayhe wa sallm, the Angel came to the Prophet when he was asleep and showed him a piece of brocade on which was some writing. This was at a time that he retreated to a mountain cave called Hira in Jabal al-Nur near Mecca. Recalling it later to his wife Aisha Radi Allahu anha, the Prophet sallil Allahu wa sallam said that for some time before this, the Angel Jibrael (Gabriel) appeared to him, and along with this he experienced a change in his spiritual state. The Prophet Muhammad Sallil Allahu alayhe wa sallam was called on to be the Messenger of Allah Subhanahu wa Taala when he was about forty years old. It is well known the Qur'an was not revealed all at one time, but over a period of 23 years. Let us look at the beginning of Qur'an's revelation. This article briefly discusses evidence for this assertion. ![]() In fact, the authenticity of Qur'an is beyond the slightest doubt. For a Muslim the Qur'an is the word of Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. ![]()
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