“The people of Makkah asked the Prophet (ﷺ) for a sign, so the moon was cleft asunder in Makkah two times (meaning two parts), so the following was revealed: ‘The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder, up to his saying: ‘Magic, Mustamir (54:1 & 2)’ meaning ‘Going away.’”
“The moon was cleft asunder during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so the Prophet (ﷺ) said to us: ‘Bear witness.’”
“I asked Zirr bin Hubaish about the saying of Allah the Might and Sublime: And was a distance of two bow lengths or less (53:9). So he said: ‘Ibn Mas’ud informed me that the Prophet (ﷺ) saw Jibra’il, and he had six-hundred wings.’”
“Ibn ‘Abbas met Ka’b at Arafat, so he asked him about something and he kept on saying the Takbir until it reverberated off of the mountains. So Ibn ‘Abbas (finally) said: ‘We are Banu Hashim.’ So Ka’b said: ‘Indeed Allah divided His being seen and His speaking between Muhammad and Musa. He spoke to Musa […]
that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “Muhammad saw his Lord.” I said: “Did Allah not say: No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision (6:103). He said: “Woe unto you! That is when He manifests His Light. But Muhammad saw his Lord two times.”
from Ibn ‘Abbas regarding Allah’s saying: And indeed he saw him at a second descent. Near Sidrat Al-Muntaha (53:13 & 14). So He revealed to His worshiper whatever he revealed (53:10). And was a distance of two bow lengths or less (53:9). Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) saw Him.”
that Ibn ‘Abbas said (regarding the Ayah): The heart lied not in what he (ﷺ) saw (53:11). He said: “He saw Him with his heart.”
“I said to Abu Dharr: ‘If I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) then I would asked him.” He said: ‘What is it that you would have asked him about?’ I said: ‘I would have asked him if Muhammad saw his Lord?’ He said: ‘I did ask him that, and he (ﷺ) said: I saw light.’”
from ‘Abdullah (regarding the Ayah): The heart lied not in what he saw (53:11). He said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw Jibra’il in a Hullah (dress normally made up of two pieces) of Rafraf filling what is between the heavens and the earth.”
from Ibn ‘Abbas (regarding this Ayah): Those who avoid great sins and Al-Fawahish except Al-Lamam (minor sins) (53:32). He said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Your forgiveness, O Allah is so ample, and which of Your worshipers has not committed Al-Lamam (minor sins)!’”