Narrated Yahya bin Abi Kathir: I asked Aba Salama bin `Abdur-Rahman about the first Sura revealed of the Qur'an. He replied O you, wrapped-up (i.e. Al Muddaththir). I said, They say it was, 'Read, in the Name of your Lord Who created,' (i.e. Surat Al-`Alaq (the Clot). On that, Abu Salama said, I asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about that, saying the same as you have said, whereupon he said, 'I will not tell you except what Allah's Messenger had told us. Allah's Messenger said, I was in seclusion in the cave of Hiram', and after I completed the limited period of my seclusion. I came down (from the cave) and heard a voice calling me. I looked to my right, but saw nothing. Then I looked up and saw something. So I went to Khadija (the Prophet's wife) and told her to wrap me up and pour cold water on me. So they wrapped me up and poured cold water on me. Then, 'O you, (Muhammad) wrapped up! Arise and warn,' (Surat Al Muddaththir) was revealed. (74.1)
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, I was in a seclusion in the cave of Hira......... (similar to the narration related by `Ali bin Al-Mubarak, 444 above).
Read More..Narrated Yahya: I asked Aba Salama, Which Sura of the Qur'an was revealed first? He replied, O you, wrapped-up' (Al-Muddaththir). I said, I have been informed that it was, 'Read, in the Name of your Lord who created........ (i.e. Surat Al-Alaq).
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I heard the Prophet describing the period of pause of the Divine Inspiration. He said in his talk, While I was walking, I heard voices from the sky. I looked up, and behold ! I saw the same Angel who came to me in the cave of Hira' sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I was too much afraid of him (so I returned to my house) and said, 'Fold me up in garments!' They wrapped me up. Then Allah revealed: 'O you wrapped...and desert the idols before the prayer became compulsory.' Rujz means idols.
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: That he heard Allah's Messenger describing the period of pause of the Divine Inspiration, and in his description he said, While I was walking I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up towards the sky, and behold! I saw the same Angel who came to me in the Cave of Hira', sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I was so terrified by him that I fell down on the ground. Then I went to my wife and said, 'Wrap me in garments! Wrap me in garments!' They wrapped me, and then Allah revealed: O you, (Muhammad) wrapped-up! Arise and warn...and desert the idols. (74.1-5) Abu Salama said....Rujz means idols. After that, the Divine Inspiration started coming more frequently and regularly.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet used to move his tongue when the divine Inspiration was being revealed to him. (Sufyan, a subnarrator, demonstrated (how the Prophet used to move his lips) and added. In order to memorize it. So Allah revealed: Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith. (75.16)
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