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After muhammad's marriage to khadija, bishop waraka ibn nofal befriended him and set his mind to train and disciple muhammad to succed him as the ebionite bishop of mecca. Muhammad's prosperous union with khadija gave him time for solitude at the cave fo mount hira in a suburb of mecca. It was there that bishop waraka began to teach and train him. Bishop waraka taught muhammad many of the old and new testament stories of the bible. These stories are mentioned in the quran with great distortion. He also taught muhammad about jesus according to the ebionites' belief, which as we mentioned before denies the deity of christ. One night when muhammad was forty years old, he was alone in the cave of hira when a spirit appeared to him at the door of the cave. That spirit grasped him suddenly and squeezed him until he thought he would die and commanded him, "read." "i cannot read," muhammad answered, because he was illiterate. The spirit squeezed him again so tightly he that thought he would die, and commanded him again, "read." "i cannot read," he answered. The the spirit tightened his grasp and squeezed him more and said for the third time, "read." afraid that he might die, muhammad said, "what shall i read?" the spirit said: read: in the name of thy lord who createth. Createth man from a clot. Read: and thy lord is the most bounteous, who teacheth by the pen, teacheth man that which he knew not (surat al-alaq 96:1-5 mpt) then the spirti disappeared. Muhammad returned to his wife, frightened and in great distress. He worried that what had happened to him was an hallucination or the appearance of a jinni. The reader's digest illustrated encyclopedic dictionary defines the word "jinni" as follows: jinni: (plural jinn) in muslim legend, a spirit capable assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural influence over man. Muhammad asked khadija to cover him for he was shivering. Khadija covered him, suprised by his fear, his shivering, and his pale face. Khadija took mohammad to her cousin, bishop waraka ibn nofal, who declared his belief that muhammad was chosen to be the prophet of his people. Keep in mind it was an ebionite bishop who declared that muhammad was a prophet! muhammad declared in his quran in surat al-imran 3:19: