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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (16) | The waning of the revelation and its revelation again
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
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The pause in the revelation and its subsequent return.
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The revelation paused for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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after the first time the angel Jibril, peace be upon him, descended
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upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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The wisdom behind this
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was to make the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, yearn for it once more.
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Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad with a hasan (sound) chain of narration
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from Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:
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"The revelation was withheld from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at the beginning of his mission,
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and seclusion was made beloved to him.
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So, he began to seclude himself in [the cave of] Hira'.
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While he was returning from Hira',
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I heard a sound from above me.
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I raised my head,
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and behold, the one who had come to me at Hira'
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was sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth.
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When I saw him, I fell to the ground in terror.
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When I recovered,
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I went to my family in haste and said,
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'Wrap me up! Wrap me up!'
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Then Jibril came to me and said,
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'O you who are wrapped in garments, arise and warn,
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and your Lord magnify,
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and your garments purify,
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and the idols avoid.'"
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The two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahih collections,
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as did Imam Ahmad in his Musnad—the wording being that of Ahmad—
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from Abu Salamah Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, who said:
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"Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, informed me
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that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saying:
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'Then the revelation paused for me for a period.
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While I was walking,
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I heard a voice from the sky.
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I raised my gaze toward the sky,
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and behold, the angel who had come to me at Hira'
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was sitting on a throne between the heaven and the earth.
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I was struck with such terror that I fell to the ground.
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I went to my family and said,
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'Cover me! Cover me! Cover me!'
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So they covered me.
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Then Allah the Exalted revealed:
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'O you who are wrapped in garments,
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arise and warn,
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and your Lord magnify,
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and your garments purify,
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and the idols avoid.'
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Then the revelation intensified and followed in succession.
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Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said:
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"Allah then commanded His Messenger, peace be upon him, in this verse
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to warn his people and call them to Allah."
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So he, peace be upon him, girded himself for the task of the mission,
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and stood in the obedience of Allah, the Glorified, in the most perfect manner,
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calling to Allah, the Glorified, both the old and the young,
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the free and the slave,
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the men and the women,
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the black and the red.
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This was due to the universality of his message, peace be upon him,
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as the Exalted said:
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“And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most of mankind know not.” (34:28)
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"As a bringer of glad tidings and a warner,
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but most of mankind do not know."
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And as He said:
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“We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.” (21:107)
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah),
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authored by Shaykh Musa bin Rashid al-'Azimi,
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and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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If the longing of the worlds for one another is long,
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the longing for you is beyond measure.
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May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised,
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and lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.