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Surah 53 · Makki · 62 ayahs

Surah An-Najm

The Star · 3 rukus · revealed 23rd of 114 · Para 27 · Pages 526 to 528

النجم

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

53:1

وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Wannajmi itha hawa

Saheeh International

By the star when it descends,

53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰی ۟ۚ

Transliteration

Ma dalla sahibukum wamaghawa

Saheeh International

Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

53:3

وَمَا یَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰی ۟ؕ

Transliteration

Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

Saheeh International

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

53:4

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْیٌ یُّوْحٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

In huwa illa wahyun yooha

Saheeh International

It is not but a revelation revealed,

53:5

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِیْدُ الْقُوٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

Saheeh International

Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

53:6

ذُوْ مِرَّةٍ ؕ فَاسْتَوٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Thoo mirratin fastawa

Saheeh International

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

53:7

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰی ۟ؕ

Transliteration

Wahuwa bil-ofuqi al-aAAla

Saheeh International

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Thumma dana fatadalla

Saheeh International

Then he approached and descended

53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَیْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰی ۟ۚ

Transliteration

Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

Saheeh International

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

53:10

فَاَوْحٰۤی اِلٰی عَبْدِهٖ مَاۤ اَوْحٰی ۟ؕ

Transliteration

Faawha ila AAabdihi maawha

Saheeh International

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

53:11

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰی ۟

Transliteration

Ma kathaba alfu-adu maraa

Saheeh International

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

53:12

اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰی مَا یَرٰی ۟

Transliteration

Afatumaroonahu AAala mayara

Saheeh International

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

53:13

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

Saheeh International

And he certainly saw him in another descent

53:14

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰی ۟

Transliteration

AAinda sidrati almuntaha

Saheeh International

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

53:15

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَاْوٰی ۟ؕ

Transliteration

AAindaha jannatu alma/wa

Saheeh International

Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

53:16

اِذْ یَغْشَی السِّدْرَةَ مَا یَغْشٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Ith yaghsha assidratama yaghsha

Saheeh International

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

53:17

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰی ۟

Transliteration

Ma zagha albasaru wamatagha

Saheeh International

The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

53:18

لَقَدْ رَاٰی مِنْ اٰیٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰی ۟

Transliteration

Laqad raa min ayatirabbihi alkubra

Saheeh International

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

53:19

اَفَرَءَیْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Afaraaytumu allata walAAuzza

Saheeh International

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

53:20

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰی ۟

Transliteration

Wamanata aththalithataal-okhra

Saheeh International

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

53:21

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُ ۟

Transliteration

Alakumu aththakaru walahual-ontha

Saheeh International

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

53:22

تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِیْزٰی ۟

Transliteration

Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

Saheeh International

That, then, is an unjust division.

53:23

اِنْ هِیَ اِلَّاۤ اَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّیْتُمُوْهَاۤ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمْ مَّاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍ ؕ اِنْ یَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَی الْاَنْفُسُ ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰی ۟ؕ

Transliteration

In hiya illa asmaonsammaytumooha antum waabaokum maanzala Allahu biha min sultanin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wamatahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda

Saheeh International

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

53:24

اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰی ۟ؗۖ

Transliteration

Am lil-insani ma tamanna

Saheeh International

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

53:25

فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰی ۟۠

Transliteration

Falillahi al-akhiratu wal-oola

Saheeh International

Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

53:26

وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِیْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَیْـًٔا اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ یَّاْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَرْضٰی ۟

Transliteration

Wakam min malakin fee assamawatila tughnee shafaAAatuhum shay-an illa minbaAAdi an ya/thana Allahu liman yashao wayarda

Saheeh International

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

53:27

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَیُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةَ تَسْمِیَةَ الْاُ ۟

Transliteration

Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabil-akhirati layusammoona almala-ikatatasmiyata al-ontha

Saheeh International

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,

53:28

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ؕ اِنْ یَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا یُغْنِیْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَیْـًٔا ۟ۚ

Transliteration

Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-innaaththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-a

Saheeh International

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

53:29

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰی ۙ۬ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ یُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا ۟ؕ

Transliteration

FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAanthikrina walam yurid illa alhayataaddunya

Saheeh International

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.

53:30

ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِیْلِهٖ ۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰی ۟

Transliteration

Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmiinna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihiwahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada

Saheeh International

That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.

53:31

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِی الْاَرْضِ ۙ لِیَجْزِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اَسَآءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَیَجْزِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰی ۟ۚ

Transliteration

Walillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi liyajziya allatheena asaoobima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoobilhusna

Saheeh International

And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

53:32

اَلَّذِیْنَ یَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰٓىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِیْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْ ۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ ؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰی ۟۠

Transliteration

Allatheena yajtaniboona kaba-iraal-ithmi walfawahisha illa allamama innarabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ithanshaakum mina al-ardi wa-ith antum ajinnatun feebutooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakumhuwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa

Saheeh International

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

53:33

اَفَرَءَیْتَ الَّذِیْ تَوَلّٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Afaraayta allathee tawalla

Saheeh International

Have you seen the one who turned away

53:34

وَاَعْطٰی قَلِیْلًا وَّاَكْدٰی ۟

Transliteration

WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

Saheeh International

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

53:35

اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَیْبِ فَهُوَ یَرٰی ۟

Transliteration

aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

Saheeh International

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

53:36

اَمْ لَمْ یُنَبَّاْ بِمَا فِیْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufimoosa

Saheeh International

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

53:37

وَاِبْرٰهِیْمَ الَّذِیْ وَ ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa

Saheeh International

And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -

53:38

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Alla taziru waziratun wizraokhra

Saheeh International

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

53:39

وَاَنْ لَّیْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa

Saheeh International

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

53:40

وَاَنَّ سَعْیَهٗ سَوْفَ یُرٰی ۪۟

Transliteration

Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

Saheeh International

And that his effort is going to be seen -

53:41

ثُمَّ یُجْزٰىهُ الْجَزَآءَ الْاَوْفٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa

Saheeh International

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -

53:42

وَاَنَّ اِلٰی رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

Saheeh International

And that to your Lord is the finality

53:43

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

Saheeh International

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

53:44

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْیَا ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waannahu huwa amata waahya

Saheeh International

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

53:45

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَیْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُ ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waannahu khalaqa azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

Saheeh International

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

53:46

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰی ۪۟

Transliteration

Min nutfatin itha tumna

Saheeh International

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

53:47

وَاَنَّ عَلَیْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waanna AAalayhi annash-ata al-okhra

Saheeh International

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

53:48

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰی وَاَقْنٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

Saheeh International

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

53:49

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waannahu huwa rabbu ashshiAAra

Saheeh International

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

53:50

وَاَنَّهٗۤ اَهْلَكَ عَادَا لْاُوْلٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola

Saheeh International

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

53:51

وَثَمُوْدَاۡ فَمَاۤ اَبْقٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Wathamooda fama abqa

Saheeh International

And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -

53:52

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰی ۟ؕ

Transliteration

Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoohum athlama waatgha

Saheeh International

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

53:53

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰی ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Walmu/tafikata ahwa

Saheeh International

And the overturned towns He hurled down.

53:54

فَغَشّٰىهَا مَا غَشّٰی ۟ۚ

Transliteration

Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

Saheeh International

And covered them by that which He covered.

53:55

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰی ۟

Transliteration

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara

Saheeh International

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

53:56

هٰذَا نَذِیْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰی ۟

Transliteration

Hatha natheerun mina annuthurial-oola

Saheeh International

This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

53:57

اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفَةُ ۟ۚ

Transliteration

Azifati al-azifat

Saheeh International

The Approaching Day has approached.

53:58

لَیْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۟ؕ

Transliteration

Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifat

Saheeh International

Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

53:59

اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِیْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Afamin hatha alhadeethitaAAjaboon

Saheeh International

Then at this statement do you wonder?

53:60

وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Transliteration

Watadhakoona wala tabkoon

Saheeh International

And you laugh and do not weep

53:61

وَاَنْتُمْ سٰمِدُوْنَ ۟

Transliteration

Waantum samidoon

Saheeh International

While you are proudly sporting?

53:62

فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا ۟

Transliteration

Fasjudoo lillahi waAAbudoo

Saheeh International

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

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