Al Harith bin Hisham asked the Prophet, "How does the divine inspiration come to you?" He replied,"In all these ways: The Angel sometimes comes to me with a voice which resembles the sound of aringing bell, and when this state abandons me, I remember what the Angel has said, and this type ofDivine Inspiration is the hardest on me; and sometimes the Angel comes to me in the shape of a manand talks to me, and I understand and remember what he says."