In surah 74, we read that the Prophet Mohammad (s.a.w.) asked his wife Khadija to cover him in a cloak repeatedly after he heard the words of the Angel GabrielJibreel telling him to "Recite!" Did he ask to be covered in a cloak namely because he was initially afraid of the Angel? Or was the angelic presence too bright for his mortal being? Or was this just the process by which he received revelation?
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