صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب تفسير القرآن
The Book of Commentary
بَابُ: {فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى} حَيْثُ الْوَتَرُ مِنَ الْقَوْسِ:
(1b) Chapter. “And was at a distance of two bows’ length or (even) nearer.” (V.53:9)
Hadith 4856
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ زِرًّا ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى { 9 } فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى { 10 } سورة النجم آية 9-10 ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : " أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ لَهُ سِتُّ مِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ " .
Narrated `Abdullah: Regarding the Verses: 'And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer; So did (Allah) convey the Inspiration to His slave (Gabriel) and then he Gabriel) conveyed (that to Muhammad...' (53.9-10) Ibn Mas`ud narrated to us that the Prophet had seen Gabriel with six hundred wings.
