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The Miracles of our Prophet (saas)

Read, and Your Lord is Most Generous, He Who taught by
the pen, taught man what he did not know.' (Surat al-'Al aq: 1-
5)" Then Allah's Messenger re turned with it… 2
We are told in the Qur'an about his con ver sa tion with
Gabriel and the rev e la tion of the Qur'an to him. It is re vealed in
Surat al-Najm that Gabriel taught the Qur'an to the Prophet
(saas):

Your com pan ion is not mis guid ed or mis led; nor does he
speak from whim. It is noth ing but Revelation re vealed,
taught to him by one im mense ly strong. (Surat al-Najm: 2-5)
We al so learn of the won drous events that oc curred as
Gabriel trans mit ted the Qur'an to the Prophet (saas):

… pos sess ing pow er and splen dor. He [Gabriel] stood there
sta tion ary, there on the hi ghest ho ri zon. Then he drew near
and hung sus pend ed. He was two bow-lengths away or
even clos er. Then He [Allah] re vealed to His ser vant what
He re vealed. His [Muhammad's] heart did not lie about
what he saw. What! Do you dis pute with him about what he
saw? (Surat al-Najm: 6-12)
It is al so stat ed in sev er al oth er vers es that Gabriel, al so
called the "Purest Spirit" or the "Faithful Spirit," de liv ered the
rev e la tion:
It does not be fit Allah to ad dress any hu man be ing ex cept
by in spi ra tion, or from be hind a veil, or He sends a mes sen -
ger who then re veals by His per mis sion what ev er He wills.
He is in deed Most High, All-Wise. (Surat al-Shura: 51)

Say: "Anyone who is Jibril's en e my should know that it was
he who brought it [the Qur'an] down up on your heart, by
Allah's au thor i ty, con firm ing what came be fore, and as gui -
dance and good news for the be liev ers." (Surat al-
Baqarah: 97)

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