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I asked Zir bin Hubaish regarding the Statement of Allah: "And was at a distance Of but two bowlengths
Or (even) nearer; So did (Allah) convey The Inspiration to His slave (Gabriel) and then he
(Gabriel) Conveyed (that to Muhammad). (53.9-10) On that, Zir said, "Ibn Mas`ud informed us that
the Prophet (ﷺ) had seen Gabriel having 600 wings."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 59, Hadith 43
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That she asked the Prophet (ﷺ) , 'Have you encountered a day harder than the day of the battle) of Uhud?"
The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Your tribes have troubled me a lot, and the worse trouble was the trouble on the
day of 'Aqaba when I presented myself to Ibn `Abd-Yalail bin `Abd-Kulal and he did not respond to
my demand. So I departed, overwhelmed with excessive sorrow, and proceeded on, and could not
relax till I found myself at Qarnath-Tha-alib where I lifted my head towards the sky to see a cloud
shading me unexpectedly. I looked up and saw Gabriel in it. He called me saying, 'Allah has heard
your people's saying to you, and what they have replied back to you, Allah has sent the Angel of the
Mountains to you so that you may order him to do whatever you wish to these people.' The Angel of
the Mountains called and greeted me, and then said, "O Muhammad! Order what you wish. If you
like, I will let Al-Akh-Shabain (i.e. two mountains) fall on them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No but I hope
that Allah will let them beget children who will worship Allah Alone, and will worship None besides
Him."
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Regarding the Verse: "Indeed he (Muhammad) did see. Of the Signs of his Lord, The Greatest!"
(53.18) That the Prophet (ﷺ) had seen a green carpet spread all over the horizon of the sky.