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English - Chapter 53 - An-Najm
Translation by Ahmed Ali — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah An-Najm 53:1
I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped
Verse 2 — Surah An-Najm 53:2
That your companion is not confused, nor has he gone astray
Verse 3 — Surah An-Najm 53:3
Neither does he speak of his own will
Verse 4 — Surah An-Najm 53:4
This is only revelation communicated
Verse 5 — Surah An-Najm 53:5
Bestowed on him by the Supreme Intellect
Verse 6 — Surah An-Najm 53:6
Lord of power and wisdom. So he acquired poise and balance
Verse 7 — Surah An-Najm 53:7
And reached the highest pinnacle
Verse 8 — Surah An-Najm 53:8
Then he drew near and drew closer
Verse 9 — Surah An-Najm 53:9
Until a space of two bow (arcs) or even less remained
Verse 10 — Surah An-Najm 53:10
When He revealed to His votary what He revealed
Verse 11 — Surah An-Najm 53:11
His heart did not falsify what he perceived
Verse 12 — Surah An-Najm 53:12
Will you dispute with him what he saw
Verse 13 — Surah An-Najm 53:13
He saw Him indeed another time
Verse 14 — Surah An-Najm 53:14
By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass
Verse 15 — Surah An-Najm 53:15
Close to which is the Garden of Tranquility
Verse 16 — Surah An-Najm 53:16
When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over
Verse 17 — Surah An-Najm 53:17
Neither did sight falter nor exceed the bounds
Verse 18 — Surah An-Najm 53:18
Indeed he saw some of the greatest signs of His Lord
Verse 19 — Surah An-Najm 53:19
Have you considered Lat and 'Uzza
Verse 20 — Surah An-Najm 53:20
And Manat, the other third (of the pagan deities)
Verse 21 — Surah An-Najm 53:21
Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him
Verse 22 — Surah An-Najm 53:22
This is certainly an unjust apportioning
Verse 23 — Surah An-Najm 53:23
These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord
Verse 24 — Surah An-Najm 53:24
Can ever man get what he desires
Verse 25 — Surah An-Najm 53:25
To God belong the End and the Beginning
Verse 26 — Surah An-Najm 53:26
Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God's permission for whomsoever He please and approve
Verse 27 — Surah An-Najm 53:27
Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels names of females
Verse 28 — Surah An-Najm 53:28
Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth
Verse 29 — Surah An-Najm 53:29
So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world
Verse 30 — Surah An-Najm 53:30
This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance
Verse 31 — Surah An-Najm 53:31
To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, that He may requite those who do evil, in accordance with their deeds, and those who do good with good
Verse 32 — Surah An-Najm 53:32
As for those who avoid the greater sins and shameful acts, except minor trespasses, your Lord's forgiveness surely has great amplitude. He is fully knowledgeable of you as He produced you from the earth, and since you were a foetus in your mother's womb. So do not assert your goodness; he is better who takes heed and preserves himself
Verse 33 — Surah An-Najm 53:33
Have you seen him who turns his back
Verse 34 — Surah An-Najm 53:34
Who gives but little, and is niggardly
Verse 35 — Surah An-Najm 53:35
Has he knowledge of the Unknown that he perceives everything
Verse 36 — Surah An-Najm 53:36
Has he not heard what is contained in the Book of Moses
Verse 37 — Surah An-Najm 53:37
And of Abraham who fulfilled his trust
Verse 38 — Surah An-Najm 53:38
That no one who carries a burden bears another's load
Verse 39 — Surah An-Najm 53:39
That a man receives but only that for which he strives
Verse 40 — Surah An-Najm 53:40
That his endeavours will be judged
Verse 41 — Surah An-Najm 53:41
And only then will he receive his recompense in full
Verse 42 — Surah An-Najm 53:42
And that to your Lord is your returning
Verse 43 — Surah An-Najm 53:43
That it is He who makes you happy and morose
Verse 44 — Surah An-Najm 53:44
And He who ordains death and life
Verse 45 — Surah An-Najm 53:45
That He created pairs, male and female
Verse 46 — Surah An-Najm 53:46
From a drop of semen when emitted
Verse 47 — Surah An-Najm 53:47
That the second creation is incumbent on Him
Verse 48 — Surah An-Najm 53:48
That it is He who makes you rich and contented
Verse 49 — Surah An-Najm 53:49
That He is the Lord of Sirius
Verse 50 — Surah An-Najm 53:50
That it was He who destroyed the 'Ad of old
Verse 51 — Surah An-Najm 53:51
And Thamud, and did not leave them
Verse 52 — Surah An-Najm 53:52
Like the people of Noah before them, who were surely oppressors and rebellious
Verse 53 — Surah An-Najm 53:53
And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain
Verse 54 — Surah An-Najm 53:54
So that they were covered over by what they were covered over
Verse 55 — Surah An-Najm 53:55
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny
Verse 56 — Surah An-Najm 53:56
He who warns you is one of the warners of old
Verse 57 — Surah An-Najm 53:57
What is to come is imminent
Verse 58 — Surah An-Najm 53:58
There is no one to unveil it apart from God
Verse 59 — Surah An-Najm 53:59
Are you astonished at this news
Verse 60 — Surah An-Najm 53:60
And keep laughing and do not weep
Verse 61 — Surah An-Najm 53:61
Indulging in pleasantries
Verse 62 — Surah An-Najm 53:62
Bow instead in adoration before God and worship Him