What did Aisha (ra) describe about the Prophet Muhammad's (saw) encounter with Gabriel (peace be upon him) when he "came closer and was at a distance of two bow-lengths or (even) nearer?”
 Narrated Masruq:                     I asked Aisha "What about His Statement:-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon."