According to a famous Mutawatir narration from the Holy Prophet (S)...

According to a famous Mutawatir narration from the Holy Prophet (S), “I was appointed as prophet in order to complete moral virtues.” [^2] The purpose of Be’that was to promote and complete moral virtues among human beings. The Capacities of the Holy Prophet (S) for the great mission of Be’that If a person does not have the best moral virtues, Allah the Exalted will not give him this great mission.

Therefore, at the beginning of Be’that, Allah the Exalted told His Messenger: “You are blessed with a great moral character.” [^3] Before Be’that, the Holy Prophet (S) was trained to develop the capacity for divine revelations. It has been narrated that the Holy Prophet (S) who was a merchant during his youth and had accumulated great wealth – gave away all his wealth in the way of God. He divided all his wealth among the poor.

During the years before the Holy Prophet (S) had developed the capacity for receiving divine revelations, he would climb up Mount Hira and reflect upon divine signs. He would reflect upon the sky, the stars, the earth and different creatures that live on earth in different ways. As far as the Holy Prophet (S) was concerned, all these things were divine signs. His heart would become more submissive to God and His will and orders, on a daily basis and his moral virtues would develop every day.

It has been narrated that the Holy Prophet (S) was “among the wisest and most courageous people”. [^4] Before Be’that, the Holy Prophet (S) would grow and develop on a daily basis by reflecting upon divine signs and this continued until he was forty years old.

“And he had not developed completely until the age of forty and when Allah the Exalted looked at his heart, he found the most virtuous, the most beautiful, the most submissive and the most humble heart.” [^5] At the age of forty, his heart was the most enlightened and humble heart with the highest capacity for receiving divine messages.

“So the doors of heaven opened and Muhammad looked through them.” [^6] When he achieved this level of spirituality and perfection, Allah the Exalted opened the doors of the unseen world to him. God opened the eyes of the Holy Prophet (S) to the spiritual world, to the unseen world. “And so angels came down and Muhammad saw them.” He could see God’s angels and speak to them. He could hear their voice.

This continued until trustworthy Gabriel was sent down to tell him to “read” and this was the beginning of Be’that.