Al-Harith ibn Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, how does revelation (wahy) come to you?" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Sometimes it comes to me like the clanging of a bell—its strongest form for me—so it breaks off from me, and I have forgotten what it said; and sometimes an angel appears to me as a man and speaks to me, and I understand what he says." Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I have seen revelation descend upon him on a very cold day, and it broke off from him, and his forehead was sweating profusely."

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