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could hear a sweet, melodious
voice urging him to read. “
Read!
”
the voice said.
It was the angel Jibra’il [a], the
angel from Allah, the Lord of the
worlds. The angel was so huge that
it covered the skies from the east to
the west. Even when Muhammad
looked up, there was the angel, and
when he looked down, there he was
as well. Muhammad had never
before seen anything quite as huge.
In fact the whole world seemed to
be no more than a speck of dust on
the tip of the angel’s wing.
“
Read!
” commanded Jibra’il [a].
“
I cannot read!
” stammered the
Prophet, for like many people at that
time, he could neither read nor
write.
Then the angel grabbed him, hold-
☺ ☺
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Vocabulary
horizon
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meditating
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hustle bustle
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sense
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dazzling
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melodious
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urging
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stammered
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released
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engraved
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vanished
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recount
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perspiration
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mounted
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unbearable
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