An-Najm, verse 2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded;
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 53:1.
Which was revealed in Makkah The First Surah in which a Prostration is revealed Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "Surat An-Najm was the first Surah in which a prostration was revealed. The Prophet (recited it in Makkah) and prostrated. Those who were with him did the same, except an old man who took a handful of soil and prostrated on it. Later on, I saw him killed as a disbeliever; he was Umayyah bin Khalaf." Al-Bukhari recorded this Hadith in several places of his Sahih, as did Muslim, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i, using various chains of narration through Abu Ishaq from…
Around this verse
- Verse 1 وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ By the star when it sets!
- Verse 2
- Verse 3 وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ he does not speak from his own desire.
- Verse 4 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him.