53:1
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ
wal-najmi
By the star
إِذَا
idha
when
هَوَىٰ
hawa
it goes down
١
By the star when it sets
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An-Najm 53:21
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53:2
مَا
ma
Not
ضَلَّ
dalla
has strayed
صَاحِبُكُمۡ
sahibukum
your companion
وَمَا
wama
and not
غَوَىٰ
ghawa
has he erred
٢
Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded
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53:3
وَمَا
wama
And not
يَنطِقُ
yantiqu
he speaks
عَنِ
ani
from
ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
al-hawa
the desire
٣
he does not speak from his own desire
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53:4
إِنۡ
in
Not
هُوَ
huwa
it
إِلَّا
illa
(is) except
وَحۡيٞ
wahyun
a revelation
يُوحَىٰ
yuha
revealed
٤
The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him
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53:5
عَلَّمَهُۥ
allamahu
Has taught him
شَدِيدُ
shadidu
the (one) mighty
ٱلۡقُوَىٰ
al-quwa
(in) power
٥
It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty powers
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53:6
ذُو
dhu
Possessor of soundness
مِرَّةٖ
mirratin
Possessor of soundness
فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ
fa-is'tawa
And he rose
٦
and great strength, who stood
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53:7
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
While he
بِٱلۡأُفُقِ
bil-ufuqi
(was) in the horizon
ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
al-a'la
the highest
٧
on the highest horizon
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53:8
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
دَنَا
dana
he approached
فَتَدَلَّىٰ
fatadalla
and came down
٨
and then approached––coming down
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53:9
فَكَانَ
fakana
And was
قَابَ
qaba
(at) a distance
قَوۡسَيۡنِ
qawsayni
(of) two bow-(lengths)
أَوۡ
aw
or
أَدۡنَىٰ
adna
nearer
٩
until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––
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53:10
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ
fa-awha
So he revealed
إِلَىٰ
ila
to
عَبۡدِهِۦ
abdihi
His slave
مَآ
ma
what
أَوۡحَىٰ
awha
he revealed
١٠
and revealed to God’s servant what He revealed
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53:11
مَا
ma
Not
كَذَبَ
kadhaba
lied
ٱلۡفُؤَادُ
al-fuadu
the heart
مَا
ma
what
رَأَىٰٓ
raa
it saw
١١
[The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw
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53:12
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ
afatumarunahu
Then will you dispute with him
عَلَىٰ
ala
about
مَا
ma
what
يَرَىٰ
yara
he saw
١٢
Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes
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53:13
وَلَقَدۡ
walaqad
And certainly
رَءَاهُ
raahu
he saw him
نَزۡلَةً
nazlatan
(in) descent
أُخۡرَىٰ
ukh'ra
another
١٣
A second time he saw him
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53:14
عِندَ
inda
Near
سِدۡرَةِ
sid'rati
(the) Lote Tree
ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
al-muntaha
(of) the utmost boundary
١٤
by the lote tree beyond which none may pass
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53:15
عِندَهَا
indaha
Near it
جَنَّةُ
jannatu
(is the) Garden
ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ
al-mawa
(of) Abode
١٥
near the Garden of Restfulness
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53:16
إِذۡ
idh
When
يَغۡشَى
yaghsha
covered
ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ
al-sid'rata
the Lote Tree
مَا
ma
what
يَغۡشَىٰ
yaghsha
covers
١٦
when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour]
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53:17
مَا
ma
Not
زَاغَ
zagha
swerved
ٱلۡبَصَرُ
al-basaru
the sight
وَمَا
wama
and not
طَغَىٰ
tagha
it transgressed
١٧
His sight never wavered, nor was it too bold
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53:18
لَقَدۡ
laqad
Certainly
رَأَىٰ
raa
he saw
مِنۡ
min
of
ءَايَٰتِ
ayati
(the) Signs
رَبِّهِ
rabbihi
(of) his Lord
ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
al-kub'ra
the Greatest
١٨
and he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord
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53:19
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ
afara-aytumu
So have you seen
ٱللَّٰتَ
al-lata
the Lat
وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
wal-'uza
and the Uzza
١٩
[Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza
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53:20
وَمَنَوٰةَ
wamanata
And Manat
ٱلثَّالِثَةَ
al-thalithata
the third
ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
al-ukh'ra
the other
٢٠
and the third one, Manat––
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53:21
أَلَكُمُ
alakumu
Is for you
ٱلذَّكَرُ
al-dhakaru
the male
وَلَهُ
walahu
and for Him
ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
al-untha
the female
٢١
are you to have the male and He the female
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53:22
تِلۡكَ
til'ka
This
إِذٗا
idhan
then
قِسۡمَةٞ
qis'matun
(is) a division
ضِيزَىٰٓ
diza
unfair
٢٢
That would be a most unjust distribution!––
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53:23
إِنۡ
in
Not
هِيَ
hiya
they
إِلَّآ
illa
(are) except
أَسۡمَآءٞ
asmaon
names
سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ
sammaytumuha
you have named them
أَنتُمۡ
antum
you
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
waabaukum
and your forefathers
مَّآ
ma
not
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has Allah sent down
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
has Allah sent down
بِهَا
biha
for it
مِن
min
any
سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ
sul'tanin
authority
إِن
in
Not
يَتَّبِعُونَ
yattabi'una
they follow
إِلَّا
illa
except
ٱلظَّنَّ
al-zana
assumption
وَمَا
wama
and what
تَهۡوَى
tahwa
desire
ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ
al-anfusu
the(ir) souls
وَلَقَدۡ
walaqad
And certainly
جَآءَهُم
jaahum
has come to them
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِمُ
rabbihimu
their Lord
ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
al-huda
the guidance
٢٣
these are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers. God has sent no authority for them. These people merely follow guesswork and the whims of their souls, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord
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53:24
أَمۡ
am
Or
لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ
lil'insani
(is) for man
مَا
ma
what
تَمَنَّىٰ
tamanna
he wishes
٢٤
Is man to have everything he wishes for
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53:25
فَلِلَّهِ
falillahi
But for Allah
ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ
al-akhiratu
(is) the last
وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
wal-ula
and the first
٢٥
when the present life and the life to come belong only to God
Translation 1260