An-Najm 53:3

<h2>Which was revealed in Makkah</h2><h2>The First Surah in which a Prostration is revealed</h2><p>Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said, "Surat An-Najm was the first Surah in which a prostration was revealed. The Prophet (recited it in Makkah) and prostrated. Those who were with him did the same, except an old man who took a handful of soil and prostrated on it. Later on, I saw him killed as a disbeliever; he was Umayyah bin Khalaf." Al-Bukhari recorded this Hadith in several places of his Sahih, as did Muslim, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i, using various chains of narration through Abu Ishaq from `Abdullah.</p><p>بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ</p><p>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.</p><h2>Allah swears the Messenger ﷺ is True and His Words are a Revelation from Him</h2><p>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,</p><p>وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى</p><p>(By the star when it goes down.) Ibn Abi Najih reported that Mujahid said, "The star refers to Pleiades when it sets at Fajr." Ad-Dahhak said "When the Shayatin are shot with it." And this Ayah is like Allah's saying;</p><p>فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ …

Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.

Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.

Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.

Nor does he speak out of desire.