THE STORY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD - Next Revelation after the First Revelation

After receiving the first revelation, Prophet Muhammad did not receive another revelation for a long time. Rasulullah felt anxious and sad about this. He hoped and waited for the next revelation to arrive. Actually the period of the breakup of revelation was a time to calm down for Prophet Muhammad to be aware of what he experienced while receiving the first revelation and convince himself that he had been appointed a Prophet and Messenger who carried out the mission of Allah SWT.

It is said that according to the history by Al Bukhari in the section of the book Al-Tabir, Rasulullah felt wavering and sad at the time of delay of revelation. He went to the top of the hill many times. But when he arrived there, Gabriel (Jibril) appeared and said to Prophet Muhammad that he was the messenger of Allah SWT. With a happy heart, Prophet Muhammad felt calm and his soul returned to peace. So he went home. But during the period of delay of the revelation, Prophet Muhammad again felt sad and sad. So he returned to the top of the hill and Gabriel appeared while saying the same thing.

Al-Bukhari has narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah that he had heard Rasulullah say about the delay of revelation. The point is that one day when Rasulullah was walking, he suddenly heard a voice from the sky. When he searched for the source of the sound, he saw an angel he had met in the cave of Hira who was sitting in a chair between heaven and earth. He again felt an extraordinary fear that made his body weak. So Prophet Muhammad returned home to meet his wife, Khadijah, while saying, "Blanket me, blanket me". So Khadijah enveloped him.

Then came the second revelation from Allah SWT at that time, namely Surah Al-Muddaththir verses 1-7:

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ  ١ قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ  ٢ وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ  ٣ وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ  ٤ وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ  ٥ وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ  ٦ وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ  ٧

1.  O you who covers himself [with a garment],

2.  Arise and warn

3.  And your Lord glorify

4.  And your clothing purify

5.  And uncleanliness avoid

6.  And do not confer favor to acquire more

7.  But for your Lord be patient.

With the revelation revealed, the task of Prophet Muhammad became clearer,  to call on humanity to only worship Allah SWT and to persuade Him and submit to His commands and stay away from His prohibitions.

Since then, the following revelations have come down and a very long struggle has begun to establish and spread the religion of God on earth.

It's better if we more recognize the types of revelations which are treatises from God and provisions in preaching. Ibn Al-Qayyim mentioned revelation ratings:

1. True dreams, it is the beginning of revelation to Rasulullah.

2. Something that is inserted by the Angel into the chest and heart of Rasulullah without seeing it.

3. Gabriel transformed into a man and came to Rasulullah. He spoke with the Messenger of Allah who realized and remembered everything he had said. The companions were also able to see Gabriel in human form.

4. Rasulullah was accompanied by sounds like the clatter of bells. This method is the hardest for him to accept, Gabriel also accompanied him, supposedly until the forehead of Rasulullah poured sweat even though the air was cold, even his ride joined in kneeling. Once when this type of revelation descended on Rasulullah and his thighs on Zaid bin Thabit's thighs, Zaid felt like he was overwritten by a heavy burden.

5. Prophet Muhammad saw the angel Gabriel in his original form, then revealed to him according to the will of Allah SWT.

6. Without being covered by the hijab, as when the Messenger of Allah had passed the seventh heaven on the night of Mi'raj and received the command of prayer.

7. Conversation with Allah SWT directly without intermediary Angels as when Allah SWT spoke with Prophet Moses and the events of Isra '.

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Reference:

·         Mubarakfuri, Syekh Shafiyyur-Rahman, and Haidir, Abdullah (Translator). 2005. Sejarah Hidup dan Perjuangan Rasulullah. Riyadh: Kantor Dakwah dan Bimbingan bagi Pendatang Al-Sulay.

·         Al-Mubarakfuriyy, Syeikh Safy Al-Rahman. Seerah Nabawiyyah, Al-Raheeq Al-Makhtum.