English narration
Narrated by عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق
I asked Aisha "What about His Statement-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon."
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْأَشْوَعِ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا : فَأَيْنَ قَوْلُهُ ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى { 8 } فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى { 9 } سورة النجم آية 8-9 ، قَالَتْ : "
ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ ، وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ فَسَدَّ الْأُفُقَ
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