It is narrated from Sayyiduna Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "I was the servant of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets even when Adam (peace be upon him) was still kneaded in his clay. And I will tell you about this: (I am) the supplication of my father Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the glad tidings of Isa (peace be upon him), and the dream of my mother which she saw; and the mothers of the prophets see (dreams) likewise." And indeed, the mother of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw, at the time of his birth, a light by which the palaces of Syria were illuminated for her. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, and as one who invites to Allah by His permission, and as an illuminating lamp." [Surah al-Ahzab: 45-46] This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.