Message #21465

[Heba E. Husseyn]

I have also read this from Bukhari which is thoroughly unsupported by the Noble Quran.  It is yet another example of the human tendency that instead of turning away from man-written tales and holding on to the Quran only, people prefer to hold on to human tales and manipulate / distort the explanation of Quranic Verses to support those human tales. 

Brother TS' point was very good.  The Prophet (pbuh) was a human being;  he didn't have any supernatural perceptions.  Considering that the Quran does not support this story, how would he (pbuh) perceive the count of 600 wings in a few seconds just by looking angel Jibreel.  But most importantly, The Almighty has already described the Prophet's (pbuh) vision of Angel Jibreel when he (the Prophet) saw Jibreel at Cave Hira and then again a second time during the journey of Mairaj near the lote tree.  Reference Verses 53:6-18 Surah An-Najm.  Also refer to our post There is no hardship in religion / Description of Mairaj.  Allah Almighty never mentioned, not even hinted, that Jibreel appeared with 600 wings nor the Prophet (pbuh) seeing the angel Jibreel with 600 wings.

When our sheikhs and ulemas speak on this subject before their audience, the melodrama of their mannerism is worth watching and asking for refuge in Allah Almighty to save us from getting carried away by the fibs they learned in those so-called Islamic universities in the 20th century Arabian peninsula.