حَدَّثَنِا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَکَرِيَّائُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْأَشْوَعِ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَأَيْنَ قَوْلُهُ ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّی فَکَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَی قَالَتْ ذَاکَ جِبْرِيلُ کَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ فَسَدَّ الْأُفُقَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 3235
Narrated Masruq: I asked Aisha "What about His Statement:-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020