{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_462.htm","path":"isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_462.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_462.htm","text":"Narrated Masruq:\nI asked Aisha \"What about His Statement:-- \"Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?\" (53.8-9) She replied, \"It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon.\"","title":"4:458: Masruq: I asked Aisha What about His Statement:-- Then he (Gabriel) ...","type":"page"}