Narró Abu Abdur-Rahman, Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud (que Allah esté complacido con él): Nos ha relatado el Mensajero de Alá (la paz sea con él), quien es verídico y digno de confianza: “Ciertamente que la creación de cada uno de vosotros, se reúne en el vientre de su madre: Durante cuarenta días en forma de embrión, luego lo hace en forma de coágulo por un período semejante, después como un trozo de carne por un período igual, luego le es enviado un ángel que insufla el espíritu en él, y le ordena cuatro palabras (asuntos): Escribir su sustento, el plazo de su vida, sus obras y si será feliz o desgraciado; ¡por Alá!, quien no hay otra divinidad mas que él, cualquiera de vosotros obra como una persona del Paraíso, hasta que no quede entre él y éste (paraíso) más que un brazo (de distancia), entonces lo que ha sido escrito le alcanza, y obra como las personas del fuego (del Infierno) y entra en él. Y otro de vosotros obra como una persona del fuego (del Infierno), hasta que no queda entre él y éste (infierno) que un brazo (de distancia), y entonces le alcanza lo que había sido escrito y obra como una persona del Paraíso y entra en él”. (Transmitido por Bujari y Muslim)
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Before we go into the details of the period of communicating the Message and Prophethood, we would like to get acquainted with the stages of the Revelation which constituted the main source of the Message and the subject-matter of the Call. Ibn Al-Qayyim, mentioning the stages of the Revelation, said:
The First: The period of true vision. It was the starting point of the Revelation to the Men of Allâh (Peace be upon him).
The Second: What the angel invisibly cast in the Prophet’s mind and heart. The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) said: “The Noble Spirit revealed to me ‘No soul will perish until it exhausts its due course, so fear Allâh and gently request Him. Never get so impatient to the verge of disobedience of Allâh. What Allâh has can never be acquired but through obedience to Him.’”
The Third: The angel used to visit the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) in the form of a human being and would speak to him directly. This would enable him to fully understand what the angel said. The angel was sometimes seen in this form by the Prophet’s Companions.
The Fourth: The angel came to him like the toll of a bell and this was the most difficult form because the angel used to seize him tightly and sweat would stream from his forehead even on the coldest day. If the Prophet (Peace be upon him) was on his camel, the camel would not withstand the weight, so it would immediately kneel down on the ground. Once the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) had such a revelation when he was sitting and his thigh was on Zaid’s, Zaid felt the pressure had almost injured his thigh.
The Fifth: The Prophet (Peace be upon him) saw the angel in his actual form. The angel would reveal to him what Allâh had ordered him to reveal. This, as mentioned in (Qur’ân), in Sûrah An-Najm (Chapter 53 - The Star), happened twice.
The Sixth: What Allâh Himself revealed to him in heaven i.e. when he ascended to heaven and received Allâh’s behest of Salât (prayer).
The Seventh: Allâh’s Words to His Messenger (Peace be upon him) at first hand without the mediation of an angel. It was a privilege granted to Moses (Peace be upon him) and clearly attested in the Qur’ân, as it is attested to our Prophet (Peace be upon him) in the Sûrah Al-Isrâ’ (Chapter 17 - The Journey by Night) of the Noble Qur’ân.
Some religious scholars added a controversial eighth stage in which they state that Allâh spoke to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) directly without a curtain in between. This issue remains however unconfirmed.
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