[Machine] An Arab man approached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was sitting with a group of people and said, "Will you not give me something that I can learn, carry, and benefit from, without it harming you?" The people said, "Sit down." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Let him be, for indeed the man has asked in order to learn." They made way for him until he sat down. He asked, "What was the first matter of your prophethood?" He said, "Allah took the covenant from me as He took from the prophets before me. Then he recited, 'And [recall] when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant' (Quran 33:7). And the mother of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw in her dream that a light came out from between her legs that illuminated the palaces of Greater Syria." The Arab man came close to the Prophet ﷺ and lowered his head. There was something in his ear. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "And beyond that?"  

أَقْبَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَعِنْدَهُ خَلْقٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَلَا تُعْطِيَنِي شَيْئًا أَتَعَلَّمُهُ وَأَحْمِلُهُ وَيَنْفَعُنِي وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ؟ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ مَهِ اجْلِسْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «دَعُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا سَأَلَ الرَّجُلُ لِيَعْلَمَ» قَالَ فَأَفْرَجُوا لَهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ قَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ أَوَّلَ أَمْرِ نُبُوَّتِكَ قَالَ أَخَذَ اللهُ مِنِّي الْمِيثَاقَ كَمَا أَخَذَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينِ مِيثَاقَهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلَا {وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّينِ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَمِنْكَ وَمِنْ نُوحٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا} وَبَشَّرَ بِي الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَرَأَتْ أُمَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَنَامِهَا أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْنِ رِجْلَيْهَا سِرَاجٌ أَضَاءَتْ لَهُ قُصُورُ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ هَاهِ وَأَدْنَى مِنْهُ رَأْسَهُ وَكَانَ فِي سَمْعِهِ شَيْءٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَوَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ»