ABSTRACT
ACCORDING to al Wakidi, the first three verses of this chapter, which, by the way, give it a title, were revealed when Abu Tilib was frightened by seeing a shooting star. This story receives some colouriug from the mention of the guardian angel in ver. 4, as the shooting stars were supposed to be darts cast at the devils by the angels guarding the gates of heaven. Noeldeke, however, thiuks the words poiut to' a planet or fixed star.
