Al Najm (Chapter 53) | Hubeali en-US Al Najm (Chapter 53) | Hubeali 32 32 AL-NAJM (Chapter 53) Sura Al-Najm (62 verses) was revealed in Makkah.[1] In another Hadith, it appears that Al-Najm was revealed in Madinah.[2] It is reported that when he-saww recited: (I Swear) by the star when it swoops down [53:1] Your companion does not err, and does not deviate [53:2], a man from Quraysh said, ‘You-saww disbelieve in the Lord-azwj of the star’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘May Allah-azwj Overcome upon you by a dog from His-azwj dogs’ – meaning a lion. So while travelling, a lion came and killed him. He said with the last of his breath, ‘Did I not say that Muhammad-saww is the most truthful of the people?’ And he died’’.[3] from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Amir Al Momineen-asws said: ‘And as for the to the one who denies the Mi’raj, these are His-azwj Words: ‘And he was in the highest horizon [53:7] Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9] And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10] – up to His-azwj Words: By the Garden of abode [53:15], so the Lote Tree (Sidrat Al Muntaha) is in the seventh sky’. All of this is during the night of the Mi’raj. And as for the to the one who denies the creation of the Paradise and the Fire, Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15], and Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww entered the Paradise and saw therein a castle of red ruby, its interior could be seen from its exterior, and its exterior from its interior due to its light’. So, I-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel-as! Who is this castle for?’ He-as said: ‘For the one who is of good speech, and constant of the Fasting, and feeding the food, and holds vigil at night while the people sleep’.[4] ‘I asked Zayn Al-Abideen Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, why did He-azwj Ascend His-azwj Prophet-saww Muhammad-saww to the sky?’ He-asws said: ‘In order to Show him-saww the kingdoms of the skies and what is therein from the wonders of His-azwj Making and beauty of His-azwj creation’. I said, ‘The Words of Mighty and Majestic: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]’. He-asws said: ‘That is Rasool-Allah-saww! He-saww approached the Veils of Light and saw the kingdoms of the skies, then he-saww bowed and looked beneath him-saww to the kingdoms of the earth until he-saww thought that he-saww was nearer to the earth like (a distance of) two bows of nearer’’.[5] Rasool Allah-saww narrates, I-saww went on to visualise with my-saww heart just as I-saww visualise with my-saww eyes. But it was more extensive and more profound, and these are the Words of the Exalted: The heart did not belie what it saw [53:11]. But rather, I-saww was visualising a corridor of Light like a needle, between me-saww and my-saww Lord-azwj, which the sight cannot bear’. My-saww Lord-azwj Blessed and Exalted Called out to me-saww: “O Muhammad-saww!” I-saww said: ‘Here I-saww am my-saww Lord-azwj, and my-saww God-azwj, and my-saww Master-azwj!’ He-azwj Said: “Do you-saww understand your-saww worth in my-saww Presence, and your-saww place, and your-saww status?” I-saww said: ‘Yes, my-saww Master-azwj!’ He-azwj Said: “O Muhammad-saww! Do you-saww understand your-saww place from Me-azwj and the place of your-saww descendants?’ I-saww said: ‘Yes, my-saww Master-azwj!’ Then He-azwj Mentioned Sidrat Al Muntaha, so He-azwj Said: And he had seen him in another descent [53:13] At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15] When the Lote Tree was overwhelmed by what overwhelmed it [53:16] Neither did the sight deviate nor did it exceed [53:17] – meaning what overwhelmed Al-Sidrat from the Light of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Magnificence. The post AL-NAJM (Chapter 53) first appeared on Hubeali.]]>