that al-Ḥārith b. Hishām ؓ asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah of Allah, how does the Waḥī (Divine Inspiration) come to you?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(1) Sometimes it comes to me like the ringing of a bell: and this form is the hardest upon me and then ˹this state˺ is lifted off of me after I have grasped what is inspired. And (2) sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to me and I grasp whatever he says."

ʿĀʾishah added: "I saw the Waḥī being revealed upon him on an extremely cold day and then ˹the state˺ was lifted from him and his forehead was dripping with sweat." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2)   

بْنَ هِشَامٍ ؓ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي مِثْلَ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ مَا قَالَ الْمَلَكُ وَأَحْيَانًا يَتَمَثَّلُ لِيَ الْمَلَكُ رَجُلًا فَيُعَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الشَّدِيدِ الْبَرْدِ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنْهُ وَأَنَّ جَبِينَهُ لَيتَفَصَّدُ عَرْقًا قَالَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فَيُكَلِّمُنِي  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to become distressed and his face would tense whenever the revelation would descend upon him.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ كَرِبَ لِذَلِكَ وَتَرَبَّدَ لَهُ وَجْهُهُ  

[Machine] I was with my father in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ , and there was a man who would privately converse with him. So, he acted as if he distanced himself from me. We then left his presence, and my father said, "Did you not see your cousin? He acted as if he distanced himself from me." So, I said to him, "Oh my father, there was a man with him who was conversing with him." He asked, "And who was that man?" I replied, "Yes, there was." So, we returned, and my father said, "O Messenger of Allah, I said to Abdullah such and such, and he said to me such and such. Did you have anyone with you?" He said, "Yes, did you see him, O Abdullah?" I said, "Yes." He said, "That was Jibreel (Gabriel) ﷺ , who was preoccupying me from you."  

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ يُنَاجِيهِ فَكَانَ كَالْمُعْرِضِ عَنْ أَبِي فَخَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ابْنِ عَمِّكَ كَانَ كَالْمُعْرِضِ عَنِّي؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَتِ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ يُنَاجِيهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَحَدٌ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَرَجَعْنَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَهَلْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ أَحَدٌ؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ هَلْ رَأَيْتَهُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هُوَ الَّذِي شَغَلَنِي عَنْكَ