A Simple Guide to ISLAM
The Qur’an
~ 67 ~
The following are the different ways through which the revelation
came to the holy Prophet. The Quran tells us that God has
communicated to his messengers in the following ways:
It is not vouchsafed to any man that Allah should speak
to him except by revelation or from behind a veil or
through a messenger sent and authorized by Him to
reveal His will. (42:51)
Another difference between
wahy matlu
and
wahy ghair
matlu is as
follows:
Wahy ghair matlu
is the suggestion thrown by Allah into the heart
or mind of his messengers. The Prophet understands the substance
of the message. It may be a command or prohibition or an
explanation of a truth (a)
wahy matlu
is the verbal or literal
revelation by which the actual words of God are conveyed to man
in human language. This is also known as
wahy jali
(the apparent
revelation). (b) The second way through which Allah communicates
with man is that He speaks from behind a veil.
3. The third way is through a messenger i.e. the angel Gabriel
brings the revelations to the Holy Prophet.
The following ways of the coming down of revelation have been
mentioned in the Hadith.
1.
Al-Ruya al Sadiqa
(true dreams)
According to a hadith the true dreams are 46th part of
prophethood. Aisha, Prophet’s wife has narrated that the
