AN NAJM — Ayat 1

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى - مَا ضَلَّ صَـحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى - وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى - إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ وَحْىٌ يُوحَى

1. By the star when it goes down. 2. Your companion has neither gone astray nor has he erred. 3. Nor does he speak of desire. 4. It is only a revelation revealed.   Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Ash-Sha`bi and others stated that the Creator swears by whatever He wills among His creation, but the created only vow by the Creator. Allah said,