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English - Chapter 53 - An-Najm
Translation by John Medows Rodwell — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah An-Najm 53:1
By the STAR when it setteth
Verse 2 — Surah An-Najm 53:2
Your compatriot erreth not, nor is he led astray
Verse 3 — Surah An-Najm 53:3
Neither speaketh he from mere impulse
Verse 4 — Surah An-Najm 53:4
The Koran is no other than a revelation revealed to him
Verse 5 — Surah An-Najm 53:5
One terrible in power taught it him
Verse 6 — Surah An-Najm 53:6
Endued with wisdom. With even balance stood he
Verse 7 — Surah An-Najm 53:7
In the highest part of the horizon
Verse 8 — Surah An-Najm 53:8
Then came he nearer and approached
Verse 9 — Surah An-Najm 53:9
And was at the distance of two bows, or even closer
Verse 10 — Surah An-Najm 53:10
And he revealed to his servant what he revealed
Verse 11 — Surah An-Najm 53:11
His heart falsified not what he saw
Verse 12 — Surah An-Najm 53:12
What! will ye then dispute with him as to what he saw
Verse 13 — Surah An-Najm 53:13
He had seen him also another time
Verse 14 — Surah An-Najm 53:14
Near the Sidrah-tree, which marks the boundary
Verse 15 — Surah An-Najm 53:15
Near which is the garden of repose
Verse 16 — Surah An-Najm 53:16
When the Sidrah-tree was covered with what covered it
Verse 17 — Surah An-Najm 53:17
His eye turned not aside, nor did it wander
Verse 18 — Surah An-Najm 53:18
For he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord
Verse 19 — Surah An-Najm 53:19
Do you see Al-Lat and Al-Ozza
Verse 20 — Surah An-Najm 53:20
And Manat the third idol besides
Verse 21 — Surah An-Najm 53:21
What? shall ye have male progeny and God female
Verse 22 — Surah An-Najm 53:22
This were indeed an unfair partition
Verse 23 — Surah An-Najm 53:23
These are mere names: ye and your fathers named them thus: God hath not sent down any warranty in their regard. A mere conceit and their own impulses do they follow. Yet hath "the guidance" from their Lord come to them
Verse 24 — Surah An-Najm 53:24
Shall man have whatever he wisheth
Verse 25 — Surah An-Najm 53:25
The future and the present are in the hand of God
Verse 26 — Surah An-Najm 53:26
And many as are the Angels in the Heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail Until God hath permitted it to whom he shall please and will accept
Verse 27 — Surah An-Najm 53:27
Verily, it is they who believe not in the life to come, who name the angels with names of females
Verse 28 — Surah An-Najm 53:28
But herein they have no knowledge: they follow a mere conceit; and mere conceit can never take the place of truth
Verse 29 — Surah An-Najm 53:29
Withdraw then from him who turneth his back on our warning and desireth only this present life
Verse 30 — Surah An-Najm 53:30
This is the sum of their knowledge. Truly thy Lord best knoweth him who erreth from his way, and He best knoweth him who hath received guidance
Verse 31 — Surah An-Najm 53:31
And whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth is God's that he may reward those who do evil according to their deeds: and those who do good will He reward with good things
Verse 32 — Surah An-Najm 53:32
To those who avoid great crimes and scandals but commit only lighter faults, verily, thy Lord will be diffuse of mercy. He well knew you when he produced you out of the earth, and when ye were embryos in your mother's womb. Assert not then your own purity. He best knoweth who feareth him
Verse 33 — Surah An-Najm 53:33
Hast thou considered him who turned his back
Verse 34 — Surah An-Najm 53:34
Who giveth little and is covetous
Verse 35 — Surah An-Najm 53:35
Is it that he hath the knowledge and vision of the secret things
Verse 36 — Surah An-Najm 53:36
Hath he not been told of what is in the pages of Moses
Verse 37 — Surah An-Najm 53:37
And of Abraham faithful to his pledge
Verse 38 — Surah An-Najm 53:38
That no burdened soul shall bear the burdens of another
Verse 39 — Surah An-Najm 53:39
And that nothing shall be reckoned to a man but that for which he hath made efforts
Verse 40 — Surah An-Najm 53:40
And that his efforts shall at last be seen in their true light
Verse 41 — Surah An-Najm 53:41
That then he shall be recompensed with a most exact recompense
Verse 42 — Surah An-Najm 53:42
And that unto thy Lord is the term of all things
Verse 43 — Surah An-Najm 53:43
And that it is He who causeth to laugh and to weep
Verse 44 — Surah An-Najm 53:44
And that He causeth to die and maketh alive
Verse 45 — Surah An-Najm 53:45
And that He hath created the sexes, male and female
Verse 46 — Surah An-Najm 53:46
From the diffused germs of life
Verse 47 — Surah An-Najm 53:47
And that with Him is the second creation
Verse 48 — Surah An-Najm 53:48
And that He enricheth and causeth to possess
Verse 49 — Surah An-Najm 53:49
And that He is the Lord of Sirius
Verse 50 — Surah An-Najm 53:50
And that it was He who destroyed the ancient Adites
Verse 51 — Surah An-Najm 53:51
And the people of Themoud and left not one survivor
Verse 52 — Surah An-Najm 53:52
And before them the people of Noah who were most wicked and most perverse
Verse 53 — Surah An-Najm 53:53
And it was He who destroyed the cities that were overthrown
Verse 54 — Surah An-Najm 53:54
So that that which covered them covered them
Verse 55 — Surah An-Najm 53:55
Which then of thy Lord's benefits wilt thou make a matter of doubt
Verse 56 — Surah An-Najm 53:56
He who warneth you is one of the warners of old
Verse 57 — Surah An-Najm 53:57
The day that must draw nigh, draweth nigh already
Verse 58 — Surah An-Najm 53:58
and yet none but God can reveal its time
Verse 59 — Surah An-Najm 53:59
Is it at these sayings that ye marvel
Verse 60 — Surah An-Najm 53:60
And that ye laugh and weep not
Verse 61 — Surah An-Najm 53:61
And that ye are triflers
Verse 62 — Surah An-Najm 53:62
Prostrate yourselves then to God and worship