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city of Makkah. In the cave, the archangel Gabriel (pbuh) commanded him in his
mother tongue: iqra (which may be translated as: read, proclaim, or recite)!
Muhammad (bpuh) was terrified; in his bewilderment, he replied that he was
unlettered. The angel commanded him a second time, with the same result. For the
third time, the angel uttered the same command. This time, Muhammad (bpuh)
grasped that what was required from him was to repeat and to recite, so he repeated
the words as they were put into his mouth:
{Recite in the name of your Lord Who created—created humankind from a clinging
substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous—Who taught by the pen—
taught humankind that which it knew not.} (Quran 96: 1-5)
As soon as the awe-inspiring angel departed, Muhammad (bpuh) rushed back
home, shaking in fear and sweating all over. He asked his beloved wife, Khadeejah
(may Allah be pleased with her), to cover him up. He lay down, and she remained
by him, calming him down and comforting him. When he had regained his
composure, he explained to her what he had seen and heard. She assured him that
Allah, the Exalted, would not allow anything terrible to happen to him. During the
next twenty-three years of his life, after being given the prophethood, words were
‘put into his mouth’ in the same way, and he uttered them. These words (verses)
made an indelible impression on his heart and mind, and as the volumes of the
sacred scripture (the noble Quran) grew, they were recorded on palm leaves, on
animal skins, and on the shoulder-blades of dead animals—as well as in the hearts of
his devoted disciples.
The words (revelation) were actually put into his mouth exactly as foretold in the
prophecy under discussion, “I will put my words in his mouth.” (Deut. 18:18) In a
similar quote, Jesus (pbuh) says of the ‘Paraclete’ who come after him:
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will
not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak. (John
16:13)
As a scholar of comparative religion has said:
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