Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 4
قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، قَالَ ـ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ فَتْرَةِ الْوَحْىِ، فَقَالَ ـ فِي حَدِيثِهِ " بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي، إِذْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا، مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي فَإِذَا الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي جَاءَنِي بِحِرَاءٍ جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، فَرُعِبْتُ مِنْهُ، فَرَجَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ زَمِّلُونِي. فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ * قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ} فَحَمِيَ الْوَحْىُ وَتَتَابَعَ ". تَابَعَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ وَأَبُو صَالِحٍ. وَتَابَعَهُ هِلاَلُ بْنُ رَدَّادٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ. وَقَالَ يُونُسُ وَمَعْمَرٌ " بَوَادِرُهُ ".
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn Shihab said: Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman informed me that Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari said—while he was speaking about the pause in revelation, he said in his report: ‘As I was walking, I heard a sound from the sky. I raised my eyes, and there was the angel who had come to me at Hira, seated on a chair between heaven and earth. I was terrified by him. I returned and said, “Cover me!” Then Allah Most High revealed: “O you wrapped up in your garments! Arise and warn”—up to His words—“and shun defilement.” Then revelation intensified and came in succession.’ Abdullah ibn Yusuf and Abu Salih also transmitted it this way. Hilal ibn Raddad also transmitted it from al-Zuhri. Yunus and Ma'mar said: ‘its first manifestations.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic closes with a transmitted wording variant attributed to Yunus and Ma'mar; the English witness omits this variant and renders the main phrase as revelation coming strongly, frequently, and regularly.
The Quranic quotation is translated only through the portions explicitly quoted in the Arabic; the English witness adds verse numbering and explanatory wording not present in this source block.
بَوَادِرُهُ
This isolated variant can refer to the onset or initial manifestations of revelation; the English witness omits it.
Which concise English rendering best preserves the intended sense of this variant in its transmission context?