English translation
4833. Narrated Aslam: While Allāh'sMessenger ﷺ was proceeding at night during one of his journeys and 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb was travelling beside him, 'Umar asked him about something but Allāh's Messenger ﷺ did not reply. He asked again, but he did not reply, and then he asked (for the third time) but he did not reply. On that, 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said to himself, "Thakilat Ummu" ('Umar (may 'Umar's mother lose her son)! I asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ three times but he did not reply.") 'Umar then said, "I made my camel run faster and went ahead of the people, and I was afraid that some Qur'anic Verses might be revealed about me. But before getting involved in any other matter, I heard somebody calling me. I said to myself, 'I fear that some Qur'anic Verses have been revealed about me,' and so I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and greeted him. He (Allāh's Messenger ﷺ) said, "Tonight a Sūrah has been revealed to me, and it is dearer to me than that on which the sun rises (i.e., the world)." Then he (ﷺ) recited: 'Verily, We have given you (O Muḥammad ﷺ) a manifest victory.'" (V.48:1)
