Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Najm, Ayah 9
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(Till he was (distant) two bows length) of the bows used by the Arabs (or even nearer) nearer by half a bow length,
Related Hadiths
" He draws near Me by the space of a hand, I draw near him by the space (covered) by two hands."
The distance between the place where the Prophet (ﷺ) stood and the qiblah (i.e. the sutrah or the wall of the mosque) was as much as to allow a goat to pass.
"I asked Zirr bin Hubaish about the saying of Allah the Might and Sublime: And was a distance of two bow lengths or less (53:9). So he said: 'Ibn Mas'ud informed me that the Prophet (ﷺ) saw Jibra'il, ...
Al-'Awali is situated at a distance of two miles or three (from Medina). He (the narrator) said: I think he said: or four miles.
"When you disagree over the road, then make it seven forearm lengths."
"Except the two takers pronounced at the time of the bowing."
"The Hour and I were dispatched like these two" - and Abu Dawud(a narrator) indicated with his index and middle fingers- so, how much more(in length) is one then the other.
There was a distance of ten miles between them, that is, Mecca and Sarif.
The distance between the wall of the mosque and the pulpit was hardly enough for a sheep to pass through.
“Make the road seven forearm lengths.”
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
until he was from him the Prophet within the length of two bows away or even nearer than that until he the Prophet had regained consciousness and his fright had subsided