[7] Revelation Sequence عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ...

[7] Revelation Sequence عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَا نَزَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ وَ آخِرُهُ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Mansour Bin Al Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Sarriy, from his uncle Ali Bin Al Sariy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The first of what was Revealed upon Rasool-Allah -saww was In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful, Read in the name of your Lord Who Created [96:1] and the last of it (Chapter Revealed) was When there comes the help of Allah and the victory ’ [110:1] .

[96:1] خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ {2} He Created the human being from a clot [96:2] اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ {3} Read, by your Lord, the most Benevolent [96:3] الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ {4} Who Taught by the Pen [96:4] عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ {5} Taught the human being that which he did not know [96:5] The first Revelation فَلَمَّا اسْتَكْمَلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً [وَ] نَظَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى قَلْبِهِ فَوَجدَهُ أَفْضَلَ الْقُلُوبِ‏ وَ أَجَلَّهَا، وَ أَطْوَعَهَا وَ أَخْشَعَهَا وَ أَخْضَعَهَا، أَذِنَ لِأَبْوَابِ السَّمَاءِ فَفُتِحَتْ، وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا، وَ أَذِنَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ فَنَزَلُوا وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ، (Imam Hassan Al-Askari -asws ) said: ‘So when he -saww (Rasool-Allah -saww ) was of complete forty years, and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Looked at his -saww heart, He -azwj Found it to be the most superior of the hearts, and its most sublime, and its most obedient, and its most humble, and its most submissive, He -azwj Permitted the gateways of the sky, so they opened up, and Muhammad -saww looked at them.