Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ قَالَ أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي فِي مِثْلِ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ يُفْصَمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ وَأَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي مَلَكٌ فِي مِثْلِ صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to us, from his father, from Aisha: that al-Harith ibn Hisham asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: How does revelation come to you? He said: Sometimes it comes to me like the ringing of a bell, and that is hardest upon me, then it leaves me and I have retained what was said; and sometimes an angel comes to me in the form of a man, and I retain what he says. Amir ibn Salih al-Zubayri narrated to us: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to me, from his father, from Aisha, from al-Harith ibn Hisham: that he asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned something similar.