An-Najm (The Star)
Verse 1of 62
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ﴿١﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
By the star when it descends,
Word-by-word meaning
وَٱلنَّجْمِwal-najmiBy the star
إِذَاidhāwhen
هَوَىٰhawāit goes down
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Which was revealed in MakkahThe First Surah in which a Prostration is revealedAl-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.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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