حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ
هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ :
" يَأْتِينِي أَحْيَانًا لَهُ صَلْصَلَةٌ كَصَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ ، فَيَنْفَصِمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ ، وَذَلِكَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ ، وَيَأْتِينِي أَحْيَانًا فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ أَوْ قَالَ : الْمَلَكِ فَيُخْبِرُنِي ، فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Hazrat Harith bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "How does revelation come to you?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Sometimes revelation comes to me with a sound like the ringing of a bell; this form is the hardest upon me, but when this state departs from me, I have understood the divine message. And sometimes the angel comes to me in the form of a man and conveys the message, and I remember what he says."