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....When
Hazrat Muhammad answered, "I do not know how to read",
Angel Gabriel repeated the same phrase three times.
....In the end, he revealed (read)
to Muhammad the first five verses of the Chapter, The Clot (Alaq),
which begins as following: "Read in the name of the Lord, who
created."
....Thus the first verses were revealed
to Hazrat Muhammad, and the period of the prophethood began. However,
he had not yet been asked to carry out the mission of communication
of the divine prescriptions and summoning people to Islam.
....After this event, for nearly
three years Hazrat Gabriel did not return to the Prophet. By the
order of Allah Almighty, some other angels came to Hazrat Muhammad,
and taught him how he should worship, and prepared him for the
difficult times to come.
....THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION
OF
....TABLIGH (PROPAGATION)
....Hazrat Muhammad fell into rapture
(jazba) as a result of this spiritual event and began to shake,
covering himself with a blanket; his wife Khadija was with him.
....By the divine command Gabriel
came and revealed to him the following verses:
...."O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
arise and warn! Thy Lord magnify," (Al-Muddaththir, 1-3)
....When Hazrat Gabriel read the
verses, "O thou enveloped in thy cloak, arise and warn!"
Hazrat Muhammad stood up immediately. And when Gabriel read
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