حدثنا يحيي بن بكير قال حدثنا الليث عن عقيل عن ابن شهاب عن عروه بن الزبير عن عائشه ام المؤمنين انها قالت اول ما بدئ به رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم من الوحي الرؤيا الصالحه في النوم فكان لا يري رؤيا الا جاءت مثل فلق الصبح ثم حبب اليه الخلاء وكان يخلو بغار حراء فيتحنث فيه وهو التعبد الليالي ذوات العدد قبل ان ينزع الي اهله ويتزود لذلك ثم يرجع الي خديجه فيتزود لمثلها حتي جاءه الحق وهو في غار حراء فجاءه الملك فقال اقرا قال ما انا بقارئ قال فاخذني فغطني حتي بلغ مني الجهد ثم ارسلني فقال اقرا قلت ما انا بقارئ فاخذني فغطني الثانيه حتي بلغ مني الجهد ثم ارسلني فقال اقرا فقلت ما انا بقارئ فاخذني فغطني الثالثه ثم ارسلني فقال اقرا باسم ربك الذي خلق خلق الانسان من علق اقرا وربك الاكرم فرجع بها رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم يرجف فؤاده فدخل علي خديجه بنت خويلد رضي الله عنها فقال زملوني زملوني فزملوه حتي ذهب عنه الروع فقال لخديجه واخبرها الخبر لقد خشيت علي نفسي فقالت خديجه كلا والله ما يخزيك الله ابدا انك لتصل الرحم وتحمل الكل وتكسب المعدوم وتقري الضيف وتعين علي نوائب الحق فانطلقت به خديجه حتي اتت به ورقه بن نوفل بن اسد بن عبد العزي ابن عم خديجه وكان امرا تنصر في الجاهليه وكان يكتب الكتاب العبراني فيكتب من الانجيل بالعبرانيه ما شاء الله ان يكتب وكان شيخا كبيرا قد عمي فقالت له خديجه يا ابن عم اسمع من ابن اخيك فقال له ورقه يا ابن اخي ماذا تري فاخبره رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم خبر ما راي فقال له ورقه هذا الناموس الذي نزل الله علي موسي صلي الله عليه وسلم يا ليتني فيها جذعا ليتني اكون حيا اذ يخرجك قومك فقال رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم اومخرجي هم قال نعم لم يات رجل قط بمثل ما جئت به الا عودي وان يدركني يومك انصرك نصرا مؤزرا ثم لم ينشب ورقه ان توفي وفتر الوحي
‘Ā’ishah, Mother of the Believers, (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The first thing the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) started to experience from the revelation was the good vision in his sleep. He never saw a vision except that it came true like the break of dawn. Then seclusion was endeared to him, and he used to retreat to the Cave of Hirā’, where he would engage in Tahannuth-which is worship—for several nights before returning to his family and taking provisions for this. He would then go back to Khadījah to take provisions again for a similar number of nights until the truth came to him while he was in the Cave of Hirā’. The Angel came to him and said: Read! He said: "I do not know how to read." He said: "He took hold of me and pressed me forcefully until I could no longer bear it and then released me, saying: Read! I said: I do not know how to read. He took hold of me and pressed me forcefully for the second time until I could no longer bear it and then released me, saying: Read! I said: I do not know how to read. He took hold of me and pressed me forcefully for the third time and then released me, saying: {Read in the name of your Lord Who created, created man from a clinging clot. Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.}" [Surat al-‘Alaq: 1-3] The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) returned with these while his heart was trembling. He entered upon Khadījah bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him until the shock of fear was gone from him. Then he informed Khadījah of what had happened and said to her: "Indeed, I feared for myself." Khadījah said: No, by Allah, Allah will never fail you. Verily, you maintain kinship ties, help those in need, support the destitute, provide the guests with food and shelter, and assist those affected by calamities. Khadījah took him to her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn ‘Abdul-‘Uzza, who had embraced Christianity in the pre-Islamic period and used to write the Scripture in Hebrew. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadījah said to him: O my cousin, listen to what your nephew has to say. Waraqah said to him: O my nephew, what have you seen? The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed him of what he had seen. Waraqah said to him: This is the same Nāmūs (i.e., the angel) whom Allah had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live until the time when your people would drive you out. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Would they drive me out?" Waraqah said: Yes. No one has ever come with something like what you have brought without being treated with hostility. If I should live until that day, I would support you strongly. Soon after, Waraqah passed away, and the revelation paused.
