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→Islamic literature: Added in some early commentaries of authors conflating stars and meteors (especially before the differences known by astronomers were widely known to religious scholars) to support interpretation argument.
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{{Quote|{{Ibn Majah||1|1|194}}|The Prophet said: "When Allah decrees a matter in heaven, the angels beat their wings in submission to his decree (with a sound) like a chain beating a rock. Then "When fear is banished from their hearts, they say: 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say: 'The truth. And He is The Most High, The Most Great." He said: 'Then the eavesdroppers (from among the jinn) listen out for that, one above the other, so (one of them) hears the words and passes it on to the one beneath him. The Shihab (shooting star) may strike him before he can pass it on to the one beneath him and the latter can pass it on to the soothsayer or sorcerer, or it may not strike him until he has passed it on. And he ads one hundred lies to it, and only that word which was overheard from the heavens is true."}} | {{Quote|{{Ibn Majah||1|1|194}}|The Prophet said: "When Allah decrees a matter in heaven, the angels beat their wings in submission to his decree (with a sound) like a chain beating a rock. Then "When fear is banished from their hearts, they say: 'What is it that your Lord has said?' They say: 'The truth. And He is The Most High, The Most Great." He said: 'Then the eavesdroppers (from among the jinn) listen out for that, one above the other, so (one of them) hears the words and passes it on to the one beneath him. The Shihab (shooting star) may strike him before he can pass it on to the one beneath him and the latter can pass it on to the soothsayer or sorcerer, or it may not strike him until he has passed it on. And he ads one hundred lies to it, and only that word which was overheard from the heavens is true."}} | ||
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{{Quote|{{cite web| url=https://quranx.com/Tafsir/Abbas/67.5 | title=Abbas - Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs 67:5}}|(And verily We have beatified the world's heaven) the first heaven (with lamps) with stars, (and We have made them) i.e. the stars (missiles for the devils) such that some of them become bewitched, some are killed while others are burnt, (and for them) for the devils (We have prepared) in the Hereafter (the doom of flame.}} | {{Quote|{{cite web| url=https://quranx.com/Tafsir/Abbas/67.5 | title=Abbas - Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs 67:5}}|(And verily We have beatified the world's heaven) the first heaven (with lamps) with stars, (and We have made them) i.e. the stars (missiles for the devils) such that some of them become bewitched, some are killed while others are burnt, (and for them) for the devils (We have prepared) in the Hereafter (the doom of flame.}} | ||
Which even if not from him directly, gives us a more contemporary view of these verses. | Which even if not from him directly, gives us a more contemporary view of these verses. | ||
=== Contemporary Commentaries === | |||
Early more contemporary commentaries also conflated the two, such as Muqatil ibn Sulayman (~80-150AH), believed to be the earliest full authentic tafsir to survive.<ref>John Wansbrough, "The Sectarian Milieu: Content and Composition of Islamic Salvation History" 2006 (Original 1978). Prometheus. 2006. ISBN 10: 1591023785ISBN 13: 9781591023784</ref> | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web| url=https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=67&tSoraNo=37&tAyahNo=6&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=1 | title=Tafsir al-Kabir on Verse 37:6 | author= Muqatil ibn Sulayman }}|<b>{Dhura} means being expelled by meteors from the stars/planets, then the stars/planets return to their places {And for them is a heavy punishment} </b>[verse: 9] meaning permanent for the doubters whoever listens to them, and whoever does not listen is a permanent punishment in the Hereafter, and the stars/planets hurt and do not diminish, their counterpart in Blessed be {And indeed We have adorned the heaven. The world is full of lamps, and We have made it a pit for the devils, and We have prepared for them the torment of the blazing fire.} [Blessed be He: 5]. | |||
{Except for him who is snatched} of the devils {snatching} of the angels {and then a piercing shooting star follows him} [verse: 10] of the angels the stars, meaning by the piercing shooting star, a luminous fire, as Moses said: {Or will I bring to you a shining shooting star? } [An-Naml: 7], meaning With a bright fire, there is an offering.}} | |||
And Al-Tabari (224-310 AH (see also commentary on verse [https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=1&tSoraNo=67&tAyahNo=5&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=1 67:5]): | |||
{{Quote|{{cite web| url=https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=1&tSoraNo=15&tAyahNo=16&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=1 | title=Al-Tabari Tafsir on Verse 15:16-18}}|...{And indeed We have placed constellations in the sky} He said: Stars/Planets. Bishr told us, he said: Yazid told us, he said: Saeed told us, on the authority of Qatada, his saying: {And We have placed constellations in the sky} <b>and their constellations are their stars.</b> Muhammad bin Abdul-Ala told us, he said: Muhammad bin Thawr told us, on the authority of Muammar, on the authority of Qatada: {zodiac signs} he said: <b>the stars/planets.</b> God Almighty says: And We preserved the lower heaven from every accursed devil whom God had stoned and cursed. {Except he who eavesdrops} He says: But some of the devils may eavesdrop on what is happening in the sky, and then a <b>meteor from the fire</b> follows it clearly, showing its effect on it, either by disturbing it and corrupting it or by burning it.}} | |||
===Muslim Historians=== | ===Muslim Historians=== | ||