سورة النجم

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): مَا زَاغَ البَصَرُ وَ مَا طَغَی [The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit]; that is, it is not deniable.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): مَا زَاغَ البَصَرُ [The eye did not turn aside] — the eye sees those veils of light and is not heedless of them. And مَا طَغَی [nor did it exceed the limit]; the heart of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) neither added anything to the revelation nor subtracted anything from it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): When the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) was taken by night to his Lord, he said: "This was a grace from Allah — that my eyes closed and my sight became dim and ceased to see, and I began to see with my heart what I used to see with my eye; rather I saw farther and more and better. This is what Allah the Exalted says: مَا زَاغَ البَصَرُ وَ مَا طَغَی، لَقَدْ رَأَی مِنْ آیَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْکُبْرَی [The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit. Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord], and through a very tiny hole like the eye of a needle I saw a light between me and my Lord that eyes could not bear to look upon."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): It is narrated from the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) concerning the verses وَ لَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَی، عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَی [And certainly he saw him in another descent, near the Lote-tree of the utmost boundary] that he said: "It refers to Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) when he was near Sidrat al-Muntaha — the place beyond which none of the creatures of Allah the Mighty and Majestic pass. And what Allah means at the end of the verses مَا زَاغَ البَصَرُ وَ مَا طَغَی، لَقَدْ رَأَی مِنْ آیَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْکُبْرَی [The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit. Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord] is this: the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) saw Jibra'il in his own outward form twice — this time and one other time. And that is because Jibra'il's form and figure was very great, for he is among the spiritual beings whose creation and attribute none can grasp except Allah the One, the Lord of the worlds."