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HOW DID THE REVELATION COME TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ)?

Imam Bukhari cited a hadith in “Sahih al-Bukhai” about intention, considered the beginning of actions. After that, he narrated the hadiths about “revelation”, which of the central part of reforming intention and actions.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin: Haris Ibn Hisham asked the Prophet (ﷺ): “O Messenger of God, how does revelation come to you?”. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The revelation comes to me sometimes like the sound of a bell. This is what happens when a powerful revelation comes. Then I forget all existence and keep the revelation in my memory. Sometimes, an angel in human form brings me a revelation and I keep in my mind what he said.”

Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin said: “I witnessed a revelation come to him on one of the bitterly cold days. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) was in a state as if he had forgotten everything, and his forehead was drenched in sweat.”

Aisha, may God be pleased with her, is the daughter of Abu Bakr Siddique, may God be pleased with him, born in Makkah, and Ummul Mu’minin, sahobiya, and wife of the Prophet the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Haris Ibn Hisham – Abu Abdurrahman Makhzumi, companion, lived in Makkah, narrated several hadiths from the Prophet (ﷺ), The leader of the tribe of Makhzum, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam had donated him 100 camels.

One of the scholars of the Ummah. His grandson, Abu Bakr ibn Abdurrahman, toobein, was one of the mufti of Makkah.

Revelation is a “divine word, divine instruction” directly or indirectly revealed to a prophet chosen by God Almighty, and reaches directly to the heart.

Abdullah Ibn Abbas said: “Revelation is something sent down to the heart.”

Allah Almighty says that human beings can communicate with Him only through revelation:

God will not speak to any human being except by revelation or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger who then reveals, by His permission, whatever He wills. He is Most High and All-Wise.  (Surah Shura, verse 51).

The coming of revelation does not apply to people, but only to prophets. That is, it is revealed only to the prophets. Allah Almighty informs people about the laws of this world and the hereafter through revelation sent to His prophets.

It is known from the reports in the verses and hadiths that the revelation is of several types, including:

True dream – Our Prophet (ﷺ), it was begun by seeing true dreams before he was given a revelation and Prophethood.

The Messenger of Allah, Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The dreams of the Prophets are revelations.” An example of this is When Ibrahim Khalilullah was ordered by Allah his son Ismail Zabihullah to sacrifice for the cause of Allah in his dreams.

Revelation, inspiration – the solution of a problem or work is, placing by God directly in the heart of the prophet.

“And he (the Prophet) does not speak out of (his own) desire” (Surah Najm, verse 3).

According to this verse, the religious hadith of the Prophet (ﷺ) is also the result of “revelation-inspiration”.

God’s speaking with his prophets from behind the veil. This kind of revelation happened to Musa alaihissalam on Mount Tur and Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) on the night of Miraj.

God’s sending revelations to His prophets through angels.In this case, the angel Gabriel, the one who conveys God’s revelations to the prophets, is the main intermediary.

It is clear from the above-mentioned evidence that revelation is a divine instruction revealed by God to His chosen righteous persons (prophets) from among the people.

Nodir QOBILOV
Researcher of Imam Bukhari International Research Center,
Translated by Nuriddin YUSUPOV

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