Surah 53
An-Najm
The Star
He does not speak from his own desire
The first surah the Prophet ﷺ recited aloud to a gathering of Quraysh. It tells what he saw, and how certain it was; sets against it the three goddesses of Makkah, which were names and nothing more; and ends on a command so compelling that everyone present — believer and idolater alike — went down in prostration.
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