English translation
4954. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: While Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was talking about the period of pause in Divine Revelation, he said in his narration, "Once while I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw to my surprise, the same angel as had visited me in the cave of Hīrā'. He was sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got scared of him and came back home and said, 'Wrap me! Wrap me!'" So they covered him and then Allāh تعالى revealed: "O you (Muḥammad ﷺ), enveloped (in garments)! Arise and warn! And magnify your Lord (Allāh)! And purify your garments! And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!" (V.74:1-5) Abū Salama said, "(Rujz) are the idols which the people of the pre-Islāmic period used to worship." After this, the Revelation started coming strongly and frequently. [See Vol.1, Hadīth No.3 and 4)]