When Muhammad was forty years old, he went to Ghar Hira as usual for his annual meditation. This time it was different. He had a strange encounter that made his shiver in fear. While he was praying and worshipping a creature appeared before him. He hugged him tightly then he released him. He requested from him to read. But Muhammad was not a literate person and he could not read. Muhammad answered: "I cannot read.". The person hugged him even tighter and asked him to read. But Muhammad was already in fear replied that he could not read. The person hugged him very tight and told him: "Read in the name of your Lord, the one who created everything. The one who created man out of a clot. Read for your Lord is the most Honored. The one who taught man with the use of pen. Taught the man what man had no knowledge of before.". Then he disappeared.