It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Jibreel (peace be upon him) after the period of cessation of revelation, "Why do you not come to us more often than you do now?" Upon this, the verse was revealed: «﴿وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ . . . ﴾ [مريم: 64] » "We do not descend to the earth except by the command of your Lord."