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informed him that he was unlettered. The angel Gabriel (pbuh) took hold of him
firmly and commanded him, “Recite, in the name of your Lord, Who created!” Now
Muhammad (bpuh) began to understand that he was not being asked to read, but to
recite and to repeat. He began to repeat after him, and Gabriel (pbuh) revealed to
him the first verses of the Quran that were revealed:
{Recite in the name of your Lord, Who created—created man from a clinging
substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous—Who taught by the pen—
taught man that which he knew not.} (Quran 96: 1-5)
As mentioned above, the actual word angel Gabriel (pbuh) used to address
Muhammad (bpuh) was the Arabic word iqra, which means to read, recite, or
rehearse. It is derived from the Arabic root word qara. However, if we were to go
back to the original Hebrew form of the verses of Isaiah 29:11, we would find that
the actual word which is translated into English as “Read this” is the Hebrew word
qara [kaw-raw]. Is it just an amazing coincidence that the Hebrew text used not only
a word with the same meaning, but the exact same word itself? Isaiah 29:11-18
reads:
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that
is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says,
“I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,”
he says, “I cannot read.”
13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and
honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of
me is a commandment taught by men,
14 therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with
wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the
discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
15 Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in
the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
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