[Pooya/Ali Commentary 53:1] It is reported by Ibn Abbas that one night, after praying the Isha salat, the Holy Prophet told his companions: "At dawn, tomorrow, a star will descend on the earth from the heaven. On whomsoever's house it will come upon will be my heir, my successor, and he is the divinely commissioned guide." The star descended on Ali's house. The hypocrites began to whisper that in love of Ali the Holy Prophet had gone astray. On this occasion these verses were revealed. The Holy Prophet is mentioned as sahib (companion) because he was living among the people addressed in this verse. "He does not speak of his own will" has also been mentioned in Deuteronomy 18: 18-: "Then the Lord said to me (Musa) :"I will raise up for them a prophet like you, one of their own race, and I will put my words into his mouth. He shall convey all my commands to them." It is also mentioned in John 16: 18: (Isa said): "However, when he comes who is the spirit of truth, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but will tell only what he hears; and he will make known to you the things that are coming." The Holy Prophet was always in communion with Allah. Whatever he said was the word of Allah and his actions were the fulfilment of the divine will, yet at the time of the treaty of Hudaybiya his close companion had doubts about his prophethood despite many verses of the Quran which assert that which has been said in verse 2 to 4, and his reputation as the most trustworthy and truthful among the people of Makka. (See commentary of Fat-h: 1).

سوره النجم/ آیه 1- 4

بِسْمِ اللَّہِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحیمِ ١۔وَ النَّجْمِ ِذا ہَوی۔ ٢۔ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُکُمْ وَ ما غَوی۔ ٣۔وَ ما یَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْہَوی۔ ٤۔ ِنْ ہُوَ ِلاَّ وَحْی یُوحی۔ ترجمہ شروع اللہ کے نام سے جورحمان ورحیم ہے ١۔ قسم ہے ستارے کی جس وقت وہ افول (غروب ) کرے ۔ ٢۔ نہ تو تمہاراساتھی (محمد) منحرف ہواہے اور نہ ہی اس نے مقصد کوگم کیاہے ۔ ٣۔ اور وہ ہر گز بھی ہوائے نفس سے بات نہیں کرتا ۔ ٤۔ جوکچھ بھی وہ کہتاہے اس وحی کے سواکچھ نہیں ہے جواس کی طرف وحی ہوئی ہے ۔

1. This paragraph testifies to the Prophet, as a Divine Light, making an infallible statement under Divine inspiration, without having any prejudicial influence of his Ahl al-Bayt. it also confirms the existence of paradise and hell. 2. Another version of this paragraph gives a proof of Ali’s succession, when the Prophet was asked as to who would succeed him, when he said, the member of the house on which the planet would descend the following night and this house was that of Ali. (Previous version being from Qummi.)