Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Najm, Ayah 18
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Tafsir
(Verily he) i.e. Muhammad (pbuh) (saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord) he saw one of the greatest marvels of his Lord.
Related Hadiths
(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.
" Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of Allah" (al-Qur'an, liii. 18) imply that he saw Gabriel in his (original) form and he had six hundred wings.
Regarding the Verse: "Indeed he (Muhammad) did see. Of the Signs of his Lord, The Greatest!" (53.18) That the Prophet (ﷺ) had seen a green carpet spread all over the horizon of the sky.
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will we see Allah on the Day of Resurrection? And what is the sign of that in His creation?' He said: 'O Abu Razin, do each of you not see the moon individually?' I sai...
I asked: Messenger of Allah! will each one of us see his Lord? Ibn Mu'adh's version has: "being alone with Him, on the Day of Resurrection? And what sign is there is His creation?" He replied: AbuRazi...
There has never been a Prophet amongst the prophets who was not bestowed with a sign amongst the signs which were bestowed (on the earlier prophets). Human beings believed in it and verily I have been...
" The heart belied not what he saw" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 11) and" Certainly he saw Him in another descent" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 13) imply that he saw him twice with his heart.
Whoever claimed that (the Prophet) Muhammad saw his Lord, is committing a great fault, for he only saw Gabriel in his genuine shape in which he was created covering the whole horizon.
He saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing like this.
" And certainly he saw him in another descent" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 13) imply that he saw Gabriel.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Verily he saw in it some of the greatest signs of his Lord some of the most awesome of these signs. He thus saw from among the marvels of the Realm malakūt a green drape rafraf that obscured the entire horizon of the heaven and Gabriel with his six hundred wings.