She said: The first thing with which the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) began the revelation was a good vision in sleep; he would see no vision except one that came like the break of dawn. Then seclusion (khulwa) became beloved to him, and he would retire to the Cave of Hira, where he would spend many nights in worship before returning to his family, preparing for that, then he would return to Khadija, and she would provide for him similarly, until the truth (the revelation) came to him while he was in the Cave of Hira. The angel came to him and said, "Read!" He said, "I am not a reader." The angel said, "He took me and covered me until I reached the limit of my strength, then he sent me and said, 'Read!'" He said, "I am not a reader." The angel said, "He took me and covered me a second time until I reached the limit of my strength, then he sent me and said, 'Read!'" He said, "I am not a reader." The angel said, "He took me and covered me a third time, then he sent me and said: 'Read in the name of your Lord who created; He created man from a clot; Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous.'" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) returned with it, his heart trembling, and entered upon Khadija, daughter of Khuwailid, may Allah be pleased with her, and said, "Help me, help me." They helped him until the terror left him. He told Khadija the news, "I was truly afraid for myself." Khadija said, "No, by Allah, Allah will never disgrace you; indeed you are generous to relatives, you bear burdens, you provide what is lacking, you host guests, and you assist in upholding the truth." Khadija then went out with him until she brought him to Warqa ibn Naufal ibn Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza, the cousin of Khadija—who had been a pagan supporter in the pre‑Islamic period, wrote the Gospel in Syriac, transcribing from the Injil in Syriac as Allah willed, and was an elderly scholar who had become blind. Khadija said to him, "O cousin, listen to your brother's son." Warqa said to him, "O son of my brother, what do you see?" The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) informed him of what he saw. Warqa said, "This is the Torah (the Law) which Allah revealed to Moses, may Allah's peace be upon him; I wish I were a branch in it, I wish I were alive when your people bring you out." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Will they bring me out?" He replied, "Yes." No man has ever brought something like what you have brought except I return, and if your day reaches me I will aid you with a glorious assistance. Then Warqa did not die, and the revelation ceased.

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