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“
Read
!”
“
But I cannot read,
” Muhammad
repeated.
A second time, the Angel held the
Prophet and commanded him to
read, but the reply was the same.
Then after a third embrace, the
Angel said, “
Read, in the name of
your Lord, Who creates
.”
Muhammad repeated these words.
They had become engraved on his
heart and he knew that he would
never forget them.
As suddenly as it had come, the
light vanished and the cave was
dark again.
But he was very afraid, and as soon
as he thought he was alone again,
he ran from the cave and rushed
towards the city. As he ran, he
