5.3 Ufunuo Usio wa Moja kwa Moja
5.3 Indirect Revelation
Sehemu kubwa ya ufunuo wa Allah ilifikishwa kwa Manabii kupitia malaika wa ufunuo, Jibril. Kitabu cha mwisho cha ufunuo, Qur-aan, kiliteremshwa kwa njia hii kwa sehemu kubwa. Njia hii ya ufunuo ilimfikia Mtume ﷺ kwa njia mbili: ama kwa mfano wa mlio unaovuma kama kengele ya saa, au kwa mfano wa maneno ya moja kwa moja ya malaika.
The vast majority of Allaah’s revelation was conveyed to the prophets by way of the angel of revelation, Jibreel. The final book of revelation, the Qur’aan, was revealed in this way for the most part. This form of revelation reached the Prophet (ﷺ) in two ways: either in the form of the reverbrating sound like the gong of a bell, or in the form of the direct speech of the angel.
Katika kisa cha kwanza, malaika alibaki katika hali ya kiroho, na Mtume ﷺ
In the first case, the angel remained in a spiritual state and the Prophet (r)
alikuwa anahitajika kujiinua kiroho hadi katika hali inayofaa ya kupokea wahyi. Njia hii ilikuwa nzito sana kwa Nabii (ﷺ). Wakati wa hali hiyo sauti ya malaika ilifanana na mlio mkali wa kengele kubwa. Sahaba al-Haarith ibn Hishaam aliwahi kumwomba Nabii (ﷺ) amweleze jinsi wahyi ulivyomjia. Nabii (ﷺ) akajibu,
was required to raise spiritually to a suitable state in which to receive the revelation. This method was extremely taxing on the Prophet (ﷺ). During it the voice of the angel resembled the loud ringing of a giant bell. The sahaabee alHaarith ibn Hishaam once asked the Prophet (ﷺ) to describe how the revelation came to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied,
"Wakati mwingine hunijia kama mlio wa kengele—hii ndiyo aina kali zaidi kwangu—kisha mlio huo hukoma na ninakuwa nimeelewa alichosema (malaika)."
“Sometimes it comes to me like the ringing of a bell—this is the most severe form for me—then the ringing ceases and I have understood what (the angel) said.” 20
‘Aa’ishah alielezea ukali wa aina hii kwa maneno yafuatayo: “Nimemwona alipoteremkiwa wahyi siku yenye baridi kali sana, lakini wahyi ulipokoma paji lake la uso lilikuwa likitiririka jasho.”21
‘Aa’ishah described the intensity of this form as follows: “I have seen him when revelation (wahy) descended upon him on an extremely cold day, yet when it stopped his forehead would be dripping with sweat.”21
Njia ya pili ilikuwa rahisi zaidi kwa Nabii (ﷺ) kuvumilia kuliko ya kwanza.
The second method was much easier for the Prophet (ﷺ) to bear than the first.
Katika hali hii, malaika angeondoka katika ulimwengu wa kiroho, na kujidhihirisha kwa Nabii ﷺ
In this case, the angel would leave the spiritual world, appear to the Prophet (ﷺ)
katika umbo la kibinadamu na kupitisha wahyi kwa njia ya usemi wa kibinadamu. Mtume (ﷺ) alieleza umbo hili kwa al-Haarith ibn Hishaam kama ifuatavyo:
in human form and pass on the revelation in the medium of human speech. The Prophet (ﷺ) described this form to al-Haarith ibn Hishaam as follows:
Wakati mwingine malaika huja mbele yangu kwa umbo la mwanamume na kuzungumza nami, nami nakamata yote anayoyasema. ﷺ 22
“Occasionally the angel appears before me in the form of a man and speaks to me, and I grasp all that he says.” 22
Sahih Al-Bukhari, juzuu la 1, ukurasa wa 2, nambari 2.
20 Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol. 1, p. 2, no. 2.
21 Ibid.
21 Ibid.
22 Ibid.
22 Ibid.