Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Najm, Ayah 17
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Tafsir
(The eye turned not aside) the sight of Muhammad (pbuh) did not turn right or left because of what he saw (nor yet was overbold) due to what he saw; he saw that Gabriel had 600 wings.
Related Hadiths
He (the Prophet) did not stand near it (the jamrah).
"I saw the Prophet stoning the Jimar upon his she-camel; there was no hitting, nor crowding, nor: 'Look out! Look out!'"
(regarding the revelation) Truly he (Muhammad) did see of the signs of his Lord; the Greatest!' (53.18) The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a green screen covering the horizon.
"The Messenger of Allah would glance toward the right and the left during Salat but he would not turn his neck to look behind him."
“I never looked at or I never saw the private part of the Messenger of Allah.' ”
“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) bowed, he neither raised his head nor lowered it, rather (he did something) between that.”
I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying in front of a stick, a pillar, or a tree, without having it opposite his right or left eyebrow, and not facing it directly.
'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not prostrate that day either before the salam or after."
"I did not see the Messenger of Allah touching any part of the House except the two Yemeni Corners."
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to turn to his right and left when praying, but he did not twist his neck to look behind him."
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
The eye did not swerve on the part of the Prophet s nor did it go beyond the bounds that is to say his gaze did not turn away from the object of vision designated for it nor did it go beyond that object on that night.