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سُورَةُ النَّجۡمِ · 53:62
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فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩

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So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].

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Introduction

This is āyah 62 of Sūrat An-Najm (The Star), the 23rd sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 27. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
23 of 114
Surah
An-Najm (53)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This is a warner from the warners of old (56)The Azifah draws near (57)None besides Allah can avert it (58)Do you then wonder at this recitation (59)And you laugh at it and weep not (60)While you are Sāmidūn (61)So fall you down in prostration to Allah and worship Him (62) A Warning and Exhortation, the Order to prostrate and to be humble Allah said, هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ (This is a warner) in reference to Muhammad ﷺ, مِنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ (from the warners of old.) means, just like the warners of old, he was sent as a Messenger as they were sent as Messengers. Allah the Exalted said, قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ (Say: "I am not a new thing among the Messengers.")(46:9) Allah said; أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ (The Azifah draws near.) that which is near, the Day of Resurrection, has drawn nearer, لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ (None besides Allah can avert it.) no on…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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