Ilham — inspiration · Islam Museum

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A casting into the heart without revelation or dream: a knowing God opens upon the heart of whom He wills, as He inspired Musa's mother to nurse him — a karama of the saints, not prophethood nor proof ¹ ².

People and things also explored

The wind that destroyed Aad· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Dreams (ahlam)· The prophets' dreams· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Al-barzakh· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection

Sources

Tafsir Ibn Kathir
al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya, Dar Ibn Hazm 1995

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islam.museum contributors. “Ilham — inspiration”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-ilham/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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The wind that destroyed Aad

God destroyed Aad with a screaming, violent wind for seven nights and eight days in succession; you would see the people felled like hollow palm trunks — the first nation destroyed after the Flood.