سورة التكوير، الآية ٢٣
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢٣
walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni
And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1872
[1872] i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.
Verse 23 of Surah At-Takwir (81:23), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 586 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Your companion had seen Gabriel in the form that he was created in the clear horizon of the sky.
He indeed saw him [i.e., Gabriel] on the clear horizon7.
[7] i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote 53:6
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibrîl (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And indeed he (The Prophet) already saw him (The Angle Jibril "Gabriel") on the evident horizon,
Masrūq reported: I was reclining in the house of ‘Ā’ishah when she said: "O Abu ‘Ā’ishah, there are three things, whoever speaks of one of them has fabricated a tremendous lie against Allah; whoever claims that Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw his Lord, then he has…
إِنَّمَا هُوَ جِبْرِيلُ لَمْ أَرَهُ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي خُلِقَ عَلَيْهَا غَيْرَ هَاتَيْنِ الْمَرَّتَيْنِ رَأَيْتُهُ مُنْهَبِطًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ سَادًّا عِظَمُ خَلْقِهِ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ " .…
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ …
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] - …
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ …
And he certainly saw him in another descent …
