The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while speaking about the pause in revelation, said in his account, "While I was walking, I heard a voice from the sky. I raised my gaze, and there was the angel who had come to me at Hira, seated on a throne between the sky and the earth. I was terrified of him, so I returned home and said, 'Wrap me up, wrap me up.'" So they wrapped him in a cloak, and Allah the Exalted revealed, "O you who is wrapped in a cloak, arise and warn, and magnify your Lord, and purify your garments, and shun all defilement" [Muddaththir 74:1–5].Abu Salama said, "These were the idols that the people of the pre-Islamic era used to worship."He said, "Then revelation came in close succession."
قال محمد بن شهاب فأخبرني أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن أن
قال رسول الله ﷺ وهو يحدث عن فترة الوحي قال في حديثه بينا أنا أمشي سمعت صوتا من السماء فرفعت بصري فإذا الملك الذي جاءني بحراء جالس على كرسي بين السماء والأرض ففرقت منه فرجعت فقلت زملوني زملوني فدثروه فأنزل الله تعالى {يا أيها المدثر قم فأنذر وربك فكبر وثيابك فطهر والرجز فاهجر} قال أبو سلمة وهي الأوثان التي كان أهل الجاهلية يعبدون قال ثم تتابع الوحي