Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حُبِسَ الْوَحْيُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي أَوَّلِ أَمْرِهِ وَحُبِّبَ إِلَيْهِ الْخَلَاءُ فَجَعَلَ يَخْلُو فِي حِرَاءٍ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ حِرَاءٍ إِذَا أَنَا بِحِسٍّ مِنْ فَوْقِي فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا الَّذِي أَتَانِي بِحِرَاءٍ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ جُئِثْتُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَلَمَّا أَفَقْتُ أَتَيْتُ أَهْلِي مُسْرِعًا فَقُلْتُ دَثِّرُونِي دَثِّرُونِي فَأَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ { يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ }.
English Translation
Rawh told us, Muhammad ibn Abi Hafsa told us, Ibn Shihab told us, from Abu Salama ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, who said: Revelation was withheld from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at the beginning of his affair, and solitude became dear to him, so he took to secluding himself in Hira'. While he was returning from Hira', suddenly I heard a sound from above me. I raised my head, and there was the one who had come to me at Hira', above my head on a throne. When I saw him, I was struck with terror and fell to the ground. When I recovered, I went to my family in haste and said, "Cover me, cover me!" Then Gabriel, peace be upon him, came to me and said, "O you wrapped in a cloak, arise and warn! And your Lord magnify! And your garments purify! And uncleanliness shun!"