Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 5729, 5730

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن زُرَارَة بن أوفى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِجِبْرِيلَ: " هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ؟ فَانْتَفَضَ جِبْرِيلُ وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ سَبْعِينَ حِجَابًا مِنْ نُورٍ لَوْ دَنَوْتُ مِنْ بَعْضِهَا لاحترقت «. هَكَذَا فِي» المصابيح " وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ فِي «الْحِلْيَةِ» عَنْ أَنَسٍ إِلَّا أَنه لم يذكر: «فانتفض جِبْرِيل»

Translation

Zurara ibn Awfa reported that the Messenger of God asked Gabriel, ‘Have you seen your Lord?’ Gabriel trembled and replied, ‘Muhammad, between me and Him are seventy veils of light; if I came near any one of them, I would be burned.’ This is how it appears in al-Masabih. Abu Nu‘aym also transmitted it in al-Hilya from Anas, but omitted the words ‘Gabriel trembled.’