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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} [النجم: 18]

nasai-kubra:11479ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah

(regarding the revelation) Truly he (Muhammad) did see of the signs of his Lord; the Greatest!' (53.18) The Prophet ﷺ saw a green screen covering the horizon. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4858)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٤٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} [النجم 18] قَالَ رَأَى رَفْرَفًا فِي حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «أَخْضَرَ قَدْ سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:3233Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh Laqad Raʾá from Āyāt Rabbih al-Kubrá

Regarding the Verse: "Indeed he (Muhammad) did see. Of the Signs of his Lord, The Greatest!" (53.18) That the Prophet ﷺ had seen a green carpet spread all over the horizon of the sky.  

البخاري:٣٢٣٣حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ – {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} قَالَ رَأَى رَفْرَفًا أَخْضَرَ سَدَّ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ  

bukhari:4858Qabīṣah > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh Laqad Raʾá from Āyāt Rabbih al-Kubrá

(regarding the revelation) Truly he (Muhammad) did see of the signs of his Lord; the Greatest!' (53.18) The Prophet ﷺ saw a green screen covering the horizon.  

البخاري:٤٨٥٨حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ – {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} قَالَ رَأَى رَفْرَفًا أَخْضَرَ قَدْ سَدَّ الأُفُقَ  

ahmad:4289ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar

[Machine] Regarding Al-A'mash's narration on Allah's statement {Indeed, he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord} [Surah An-Najm, verse 18], Ibn Mas'ud said: The Prophet ﷺ saw a green fluttering from Paradise that covered the horizon. He mentioned this from Ibrahim, from Alqamah, from Abdullah.  

أحمد:٤٢٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ

عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} [النجم 18] قَالَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ رَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَفْرَفًا أَخْضَرَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَدْ سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ  

tabarani:9051ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > al-Firyābī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah

[Machine] About Abdullah's statement {Indeed, he has seen of the signs of his Lord, the greatest}, he said, "He saw a green banner that covered the horizon."  

الطبراني:٩٠٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} قَالَ «رَأَى رَفْرَفًا أَخْضَرَ قَدْ سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ»  

tabarani:9053Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah

[Machine] About Abdullah's saying regarding "Indeed, he has seen from the signs of his Lord, the greatest." He said, "A green fluttering from Paradise that has filled the horizon."  

الطبراني:٩٠٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ {لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى} قَالَ «رَفْرَفًا خُضْرًا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَدْ سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ»