An-Najm, verse 4

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1. Not in
2. it huwa
3. (is) except illā
4. a revelation waḥyun
5. revealed yūḥā

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…

• Verse 2 مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded;
• Verse 3 وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ he does not speak from his own desire.
• Verse 4
• Verse 5 عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty powers
• Verse 6 ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ and great strength, who stood

• وحي wāw ḥā yā

• Horizon أفق
• journey to the heavens
• nature of delivery
• Revelation الرؤيا
• sees Gabriel in his true form

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