Muftee Abdul Haiey Saahib Lakhnavi says, that

Hazrat Abbaas inquired,

Yaa Rasoolal Laah [Sallal Laahu ‘Alaieka Wa Sallam] what did the moon do with you when you were at the age of forty [40] days?

The Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam) said, that

the loving mother had tied up my hands strongly and due to this unease, I wanted to cry but the moon would stop me.

Hazrat Abbaas asked,

you were in those days of only forty days, how did you find this condition?

He [Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam] replied,

the pen would write on the Preserved Tablet [Lauh-e-Mahfooz] I would hear its voice, even though I was in the blessed belly of the mother and the Angels would Glorify [read Tasbeeh] of the Creator under the Throne of Allaah [Arsh] and I would hear the voice of their Glorification even though I was in the blessed belly of the mother. [As stated].

(Majmuu’a tul Fataawaa, vol-2, pg. 97, printed Yuusufee Press in Lucknow)

Excerpt from the Book ‘Zikr e Jameel’ by Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]