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 earn that which is lacking, and thou art hospitable to visitors, and givest help to all men." After that Khadijah took him to Waraqah bin Nawfal bin 'Amm Khadijah and said to him, "O my nephew, listen to the son of thy brother." Then Waraqah said to him, "O my nephew, what is the matter? " Then the Apostle of God informed him of what he had seen. Waraqah said, "This is the ndmus which God sent down upon Moses. Would to God that I were young in its time! Would to God that I were living when thy people will turn thee out." Then the Apostle of God said, "Will they turn me out?" He replied, " Yes. No man ever came with what thou hast brought, but he was held in enmity. And if that day of thine should come in my time, I will aid thee greatly." It was not long after that Waraqah died, and the revelations were suspended.' Muslim, Al Bukhdri. And Al Bnkhari has added the following, ' So much so that the Prophet grieved at what had reached us, so that many times in the morning he wished to throw himself from the summit of a high mountain; but as often as he arrived at the summit of the mountain in order to cast himself down from it, Gabriel appeared to him and said, "O Muhammad, verily thou art the Apostle of God in truth." At that his heart became at ease, and his soul was comforted.'

It is related from 'Ayesha that, ' Al Harith bin Hisham asked the Apostle of God and said, "O Apostle of God, how does inspiration come to thee? " The Apostle of God replied, " At times it comes to me like the sound of a bell, and that is the most difficult for me, and (Gabriel) would leave me when I had remembered what he said. And at times the angel appears to me like a man and speaks to me and I remember what he says." 'Ayesha said, " I have certainly seen inspira- tion descend upon him on a very cold day, and then leave him with his forehead dripping beads of perspiration." 'Muslim, Al Bukhdri.

It is related from Anas that ' One of the teeth of the Apostle of God was broken on the day of (the battle of) 'Uhud, and he was wounded in his head. And he began to wipe the blood from himself and to say, " How will that people prosper who have wounded the head of their Prophet and broken his teeth! " ' Muslim.