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about the period of pause in Revelation”, is further proof that Revelation did precede<br />
this (second) visit. And <strong>Al</strong>laah knows best.<br />
And it is reported in the “Ṣaḥeeḥain”, that Yahya Ibn Abee Katheer narrated: I asked<br />
Abu Salamah Ibn `Abdul Ramḥaan what was revealed first from the Qur’aan. He<br />
replied: “{O you (i.e. Muḥammad)! Wrapped up in garments!}” (i.e. Surah <strong>Al</strong>-<br />
Muddaththir) I said: “They say it was: ‘{Read in the name of your Lord, who has<br />
created!}’ (i.e. Surah <strong>Al</strong>-`<strong>Al</strong>aq). On that, Abu Salamah said: “I asked Jaabir Ibn<br />
`Abdullaah about that, saying the same as you have said, whereupon he said: ‘I will not<br />
ﷺ had told us. <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger ﷺ tell you except what <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger<br />
said: ❝I was in seclusion in the cave of Ḥiraa’, and after I completed the limited<br />
period of my seclusion. I came down (from the cave) and heard a voice calling me. I<br />
looked to my right but saw nothing. Then I looked up and saw something. So I went<br />
to Khadeejah (the Prophet's wife) and told her to wrap me up and pour cold water on<br />
me. So they wrapped me up and poured cold water on me. Then: {O you (i.e.<br />
Muḥammad)! Wrapped up in garments!} (i.e. Surah <strong>Al</strong>-Muddaththir) was revealed to<br />
me.❞ 146<br />
And in the other narration, it is mentioned: ❝I looked up and saw the same angel who<br />
had visited me at the cave of Ḥiraa’ sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I<br />
got afraid of him…❞, this is a clear statement that the Angel had earlier visited him,<br />
and brought to him something of the Revelation from <strong>Al</strong>laah like we had already<br />
mentioned. And <strong>Al</strong>laah knows best.<br />
Then there are those who claim that the first thing that was revealed after this period<br />
of pause was from Surah al-Ḍhuha:<br />
﴿وَالضُّحَُىُُ*ُوَاللَّي لُُِإِذَاُسَجَىُُ*ُمَاُوَدَّعَكَُُرَبُّكَُُوَمَاُقَلَىُ﴾<br />
{By the forenoon (after sun-rise); And by the night when it is still (or darkens); Your<br />
Lord (O Muḥammad) has neither forsaken you nor hated you.} [Surah al-Ḍhuhaa (93):<br />
1-3] till its end. This is further from the truth, and opposes what has been authentically<br />
reported in the Ṣaḥeeḥain (from the Ḥadeeth of Jaabir), that the first thing that was<br />
revealed from the Qur’aan after the pause of Revelation was:<br />
﴿يَاُأَيُّهَاُال م دَّثِّرُُ*ُق م ُُفَأَنذِر ُ﴾<br />
146 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (4922, 4923, 4924) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (161-257)<br />
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