It was in the month of Ramadan when an incident took place, which would change the rest of Muhammad's life and the course of human history. Muhammad was forty years old and until now he had lived a relatively normal life. Until this day, he wasn't well known for anything apart from his honesty and good character. According to tradition, when Muhammad was nearly 40, he had been prone to spending long hours in retirement meditating and speculating over the aspects of creation around him; this meditative temperament was said to have helped to widen the mental gap between him and his compatriots. He would provide himself with simple food and water, and then head directly for the hills and ravines in the neighborhood of Meccah. One of these in particular was his favorite resort - a cave named Hira, in the Mount An-Nur. Only 2 miles from Mecca, it was a small cave 4 yards long and 1.75 yards wide.
"And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned." [Isaiah, 29:12]
One day Muhammad was sitting alone in a cave in mount Hira, on the outskirts of Meccah when suddenly a man in white dress appeared to him. Muhammad himself described: "Then he took me and squeezed me vehemently and then let me go and repeated the order 'Recite.' 'I cannot recite' said I, and once again he squeezed me and let me till I was exhausted. Then he said, 'Recite.' I said, 'I cannot recite.' He squeezed me for a third time and then let me go and said:
"Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth. Createth man from a clot. Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teacheth by the pen, Teacheth man that which he knew not." [Qur'an: 96:1-5]
He was visited mainly by Angel Jibreel or in biblical terms Angel Gabriel.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was born in Mecca (Makkah) where Quran started revelation by God to him through the angel Gabriel (Jibril) and Yathrib (called later Medina or AlMadinah) was the city where he immigrated to and where Quran continued revelation to him until his death in it.
no, 'visited' is past tense. 'have visited' is present perfect' 'had visited' is past perfect
Mecca (or Makkah) is the place of Kaaba surrounded by AlMasjis Alharam (the Grand Mosque); the holiest place for Muslims. Makkah also is also the place of prophet Muhammad birth and the first place where Quran was revealed by God to prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the angel Gabriel (Jibril)
Answer AGod never spoke to Mohammad. There are references in the Bible that God is speaking to prophets (God spoke to Noah - Gen 8:15, God spoke to Abraham - Gen 24:7, God spoke to Jacob - Gen 31:11, God spoke to Moses - Exo 6:2, God spoke to Samuel -1Sam 3:17, God spoke to David - 2Sam 23:3, etc...)If the question is asking for what was Mohammad doing when Jibriel appeared to him. The answer is:Mohammad was meditating or sleeping in a cave called Hira where he used to go and spent time in meditaion when the following incident happened. Mohammad had a strange experience at the cave of Hira while he was sleeping in one of these trips. A spirit appeared to him and forced him three times to the ground so that Mohammad thought he was visited by an evil spirit and going to die. This spirit made him recite the first verses of Quran (found in the 96th chapter of the modern day Quran). The terrified Mohammad went to his wife Kadijah and told her to cover him up and she covered him until his fear was over. Then she took him to her cousin Waraqah and he told Mohammad that it was an angel of God who appeared to him. After this incident Mohammad had suicidal thoughts. Later, Mohammad claimed that when he was on the way to a mountain to throw himself down to commit suicide a voice was heard, "You are the messenger of Allah and l am Gabriel." When this incident was told to Kadijah she told him, "I swear by Allah that you are a Messenger for this nation." One thing to notice here is that the spirit appeared to Mohammad is not the Gabriel who appeared in the Biblical incidents. Two main reasons for this is that: 1) when Gabriel appeared to Biblical personalities they were not terrified or had suicidal attempt after the incident as Mohammad did and 2) Mohammad's later revelations were contradictory to Biblical messages came through Gabriel (Example: Gabriel told Daniel that Messiah would die for others and Gabriel told Mary that Jesus would be called the Son of God).Answer B : Hints on Answer A Above1. How; in the answer above; one confirms that God never spoke to Muhammad. God never spoke directly to any of God prophets except prophet Moses and prophet Muhammad [only once when he was supported by his miraculous trip from Makkah (or Mecca) to AlQods (or East Jerusalem) and from there to the Heavens]. all other God prophets; including Muhammad were spoken by God through His angels. 2. Muhammad was going to cave Hiraa for meditating and Angel Gabriel didn't force him to the ground. The angel hugged him strongly and that exhausted Muhammad.3. Muhammad never thought of committing suicide. I wonder of the source of these lies. sorry to say that because it is really a lie that I never heard about before.4. how one confirms that the Angel appeared to Muhammad was neither an angel nor is Gabriel. I invite those to read about the proofs of the Quran authenticity and that it reflects real God word revelations to prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They can consult those who converted to Islam to know the truth.5. Quran was revealed to correct for the alterations introduced in the written texts of the Bible and Torah. So, how the story is reversed and Quran is considered false because doesn't agree with the Bible.
He was 40 years of age.
He was visited mainly by Angel Jibreel or in biblical terms Angel Gabriel.
It i widely believed that Archangel Gabriel visited Muhammad to deliver a message from Allah. Allah is the Arabic word for God.
Muslims believe he was visited by the angel Gabriel. Non-Muslims generally believe he wasn't visited by anything at all. _________________________________________________________ Prophet Muhammad was visited by the Angel Gabriel (or Jibril). Even the Jews and Christians who accompanied the prophet were convinced that the Angel Gabriel was visiting the prophet and they got the evidences of this truth. Who are denying this fact can refer to the proofs that Quran is God words revealed to the prophet through the angel Gabriel. One of the basic proofs is the scientific miracles that are mentioned in Quran scientific verses and their scientific validity were only proved recently and after Quran revelation with 1400 years. Even presently, not all non Muslims deny these facts.
A prophet, by the way i am 11 years old and i know that!
Muslims believe when the angle Gabriel visited prophet delivered the messages of God and he was selected a prophet to deliver messages of God to people.
Muslims believe that Jesus Christ was the greatest of the prophets below Muhammad. In addition, they do not believe that Christ died for people's sins.Muslims believe that Muhammad is the greatest prophet, a messenger of God. Muhammad, as a habitual action, left to a nearby cave in the surrounding mountains where he would pray and seclude himself. Later, he reported that in that cave, at the age of 40, he received his first revelation from God.Muslims believe that in the cave called Hira, Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel, who revealed to Muhammad a verse from the Quran. The cave was located on the mountain called Jabal An-Nour, which was located near Mecca. The angel Gabriel came to Muhammad in the year 610 B.C. and said, 'Recite', and Muhammad replied, 'I am unable to recite'. After this, the angel Gabriel came forth to Muhammad and heavily embraced him. The angel Gabriel wanted Muhammad to recite chapter 96 of the Quran.~Prince Lion - A True Christian.Source: Self-knowledge
The Archangel GABRIEL or Jibril (جبريل) told Muhammad that he was to recite the Qur'an. It Waraqah ibn Nawfal, an Ebionite Christian Priest who specifically used the term "prophet".
Gabriel.
Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad by God through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril)Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad by God through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril).
The supposed meeting between Muhammad and Gabriel is not recounted in the Qur'an, since the Qur'an is not actually a story of Muhammad's life, but rather the moral lessons that God wanted to impart to the world through Muhammad. Discussions of Muhammad's encounters with Gabriel are recounted in numerous Hadiths and the Sirat An-Nabi (Biography of Muhammad).As for the physical location where Muhammad is said to have met Gabriel, this was the CAVE AT MOUNT HIRA, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
The supposed meeting between Muhammad and Gabriel is not recounted in the Qur'an, since the Qur'an is not actually a story of Muhammad's life, but rather the moral lessons that God wanted to impart to the world through Muhammad. Discussions of Muhammad's encounters with Gabriel are recounted in numerous Hadiths and the Sirat An-Nabi (Biography of Muhammad).As for the physical location where Muhammad is said to have met Gabriel, this was the CAVE AT MOUNT HIRA, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.