حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ثُمَّ فَتَرَ عَنِّي الْوَحْيُ فَتْرَةً فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنْ السَّمَائِ فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي قِبَلَ السَّمَائِ فَإِذَا الْمَلَکُ الَّذِي جَائَنِي بِحِرَائٍ قَاعِدٌ عَلَی کُرْسِيٍّ بَيْنَ السَّمَائِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَجُئِثْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّی هَوَيْتُ إِلَی الْأَرْضِ فَجِئْتُ أَهْلِي فَقُلْتُ زَمِّلُونِي زَمِّلُونِي فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَالرِّجْزُ الْأَوْثَانُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 3238
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: that he heard the Prophet saying, "The Divine Inspiration was delayed for a short period but suddenly, as I was walking. I heard a voice in the sky, and when I looked up towards the sky, to my surprise, I saw the angel who had come to me in the Hira Cave, and he was sitting on a chair in between the sky and the earth. I was so frightened by him that I fell on the ground and came to my family and said (to them), 'Cover me! (with a blanket), cover me!' Then Allah sent the Revelation: "O, You wrapped up (In a blanket)! (Arise and warn! And your Lord magnify And keep pure your garments, And desert the idols." (74.1-5)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020