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Sunan Abi Dawud 4738 (Book 42, Hadith 143) #25029
Revelation from Heaven

SUMMARY: The hadith speaks of the inhabitants of heaven hearing a bell-like sound when Allah sends revelation and they swoon until Jibril comes to them.

'Abd Allah (b. Mas’ud) reported the Messenger of Allah as saying: "When Allah, the exalted, speaks to send revelation, the inhabitants of heaven hear the clanging of a bell from the heavens like a chain being dragged across a rock, and they swoon. They continue to remain like that until Jibril comes to them. When he comes to them, they recover and say: 'O Jibril, what did your Lord say?' He would say: 'The truth,' and they would say: 'The truth, the truth'."
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي سُرَيْجٍ الرَّازِيُّ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ بِالْوَحْىِ سَمِعَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ لِلسَّمَاءِ صَلْصَلَةً كَجَرِّ السِّلْسِلَةِ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَيُصْعَقُونَ، فَلاَ يَزَالُونَ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ جِبْرِيلُ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُمْ جِبْرِيلُ فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ فَيَقُولُونَ ‏:‏ يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكَ فَيَقُولُ ‏:‏ الْحَقَّ فَيَقُولُونَ ‏:‏ الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ

TOPICS
revelation  *  heaven  *  bell  *  tanzl  *  jannah  *  zilzalah  *  gabriel  *  jibril

QUICK LESSONS:
Be humble before God's revelations , Accept it with faith as it is always true , Be aware that even in heaven there are creatures who are humbled by God's power and greatness when He sends down His revelations .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the process of revelation from Allah to His prophets. When Allah sends down revelation, the inhabitants of heaven hear a clanging sound like a chain being dragged across a rock and they swoon until Jibril comes to them. When he arrives, they recover and ask him what his Lord said; he replies with "the truth". This hadith teaches us that we should be humble before God's revelations and accept it with faith as it is always true. We should also be aware that even in heaven there are creatures who are humbled by God's power and greatness when He sends down His revelations.

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