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Hence, it has been concluded that Allaah’s commands to the angels are
transmitted by Allaah speaking directly to them. From the above it is clear that
wahy is used to mean not only the process of revelation, but also the revelation
itself.
7. The process of revelation of Allaah’s commands to His Prophet (r), as well as
the revelation itself, is also referred to in the Qur’aan as wahy. A good example of
this use is in the following verse:
( ÇÍÈ 4Óyrqã ÖÓórur wÎ) uqèd ÷bÎ) ÇÌÈ #uqolù;$# Ç`tã ß,ÏÜZt $tBur )
“And he [the Prophet (r)] does not speak from his own desires; verily,
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it (his speech) is revelation (wahy) which was revealed (yoohaa).”
In the terminology of the Sharee‘ah, wahy is defined as the process by which
Allaah’s word is revealed to one of His prophets. It is also used for the actual
word of Allaah which has been revealed to one of His prophets.
THE METHOD OF WAHY
Allaah’s word may be revealed to the prophets in two ways: directly, in the
form of true dreams or in the form of direct conversations; and indirectly, by way
of the angel of revelation, Jibreel. These ways were identified by Allaah in the
Qur’aan as follows:
÷rr& A>$pgÉo Ç!#uur `ÏB ÷rr& $·ômur wÎ) ª!$# çmyJÏk=s3ã br& A|³u;Ï9 tb%x. $tBur )
( ÇÎÊÈ ÒOÅ6ym ;Í?tã ¼çm¯RÎ) 4 âä!$t±o $tB ¾ÏmÏRøÎ*Î/ zÓÇrqãsù Zwqßu @Åöã
Ahaadeth as-Saheehah, vol. 3, pp. 282-3, no. 1293. A similar hadeeth was reported by an-
Nawwaas ibn Sam‘aan and collected by at-Tabaraanee.
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Soorah an-Najm (53):3-4.
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