The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 122
PREFACE ESSENCE OF ISLAM 121 people of the past. From these, it can be learnt that they certainly did not believe that the Holy Spirit descended upon the Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him, only at certain special and particular times, and that at other times the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was—God forbid—totally deprived of his company. AUTHOR'S MARGIN NOTE Shaikh Abdul-Haqq, the Muḥaddith of Delhi, cites Kitābul-Wafa Sḥāḥāḍāṭ and Safrus-Sa'adat etc. to show that the Holy Prophet sas One of these sayings is documented by Shaikh 'Abdul-Haqq, the Muḥaddith of Delhi, on page 42 of his book Madārijun- Nubuwwat. Its purport is that the angels of waḥy are the constant friends and com- panions of the Holy Prophet, peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him. He quotes from Jami'ul-Usūl and Kitābul-Wafā | companion. that, continuously, for three years from the was never separated from the angels of revelation and that Jibra'il, peace be upon him, was his permanent beginning of the Prophethood, Hadrat Isrāfil accompanied the Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him, after that Hadrat Jibra'il came to provide permanent companionship. Again, quoting from Safrus-Sa'adat, he says that Allah, His eminence be glorified, commanded Israfil to keep company with the Holy Prophet, peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him, when he was seven years of age. So, Israfil stayed with the Holy Prophet as every moment and always till he was 11 years of age; Isrāfil, however, did not sug- gest anything by way of waḥy to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, except for a word or two. Likewise, Mīkā'il was also a companion of the Holy Prophet. Then, after that, Hadrat Jibra'il was commanded, and he remained continuously in the company of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for twenty-nine years before the waḥy began. Following this period, the waḥy of Prophethood commenced.