When it was the night on which God honoured him with his mission and showed mercy on His servants thereby, Gabriel brought him the command of God. "He came to me," said the apostle of God, "while I was asleep, with a coverlet of brocade whereon was some writing, and said, ‘Read!’ I said, ‘What shall I read?’ He pressed me with it so tightly that I thought it was death; then he let me go and said, ‘Read!’ I said, ‘What shall I read?’ He pressed me with it again so that I thought it was death; then he let me go and said ‘Read!’ I said, ‘What shall I read?’ He pressed me with it the third time so that I thought it was death and said ‘Read!’ I said, ‘What then shall I read?’—and this I said only to deliver myself from him, lest he should do the same to me again.
“Markii ay ahayd habeenkii uu Ilaah addoonkiisa ku sharfay risaalada ee uu halkaas uugu muujiyay naxariistiisa, Jibriil ayaa isaga u keenay amarka Eebbe. Rasuulka Alle waxa uu yidhi, “Jibriil ayaa ii yimid,” anigoo hurda, isagoo wata loox ay wax ku qoran yihiin, wuxaanu igu yidhi, ‘Akhri!’ Waxaan idhi, ‘Waxba ma akhriyo ee maxaan akhriyaa?’ Si xooggan ayuu ii qabtay ilaa aan u maleeyay inaan dhimanayo; kaddibna wuu isii daayay oo yidhi, ‘Akhri!’ Waxaan idhi, ‘Waxba ma akhriyo ee maxaan akhriyaa?’ Mar saddexaad ayuu haddana si xooggan ii qabtay ilaan u maleeyan inaan dhimanayo; kaddibna wuu isii daayay oo yidhi ‘Akhri!’ Waxaan idhi, ‘Maxaan haddaba akhriyaa?’ – sidanna waxaan u idhi oo keliya inaan isaga iska fujiyo, oo waxaan ka cabsanayay inuu markale igu sameeyo sidan.