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English - Chapter 53 - An-Najm
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Verse 1 — Surah An-Najm 53:1
By the star when it sets
Verse 2 — Surah An-Najm 53:2
your companion has neither strayed nor erred
Verse 3 — Surah An-Najm 53:3
nor does he speak out of caprice
Verse 4 — Surah An-Najm 53:4
It is naught but a revelation revealed
Verse 5 — Surah An-Najm 53:5
taught him by one of awesome power
Verse 6 — Surah An-Najm 53:6
Possessed of vigor, he stood upright
Verse 7 — Surah An-Najm 53:7
when he was upon the highest horizon
Verse 8 — Surah An-Najm 53:8
Then he drew nigh and came close
Verse 9 — Surah An-Najm 53:9
till he was within two bows’ length or nearer
Verse 10 — Surah An-Najm 53:10
Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed
Verse 11 — Surah An-Najm 53:11
The heart lied not in what it saw
Verse 12 — Surah An-Najm 53:12
Do you then dispute with him as to what he saw
Verse 13 — Surah An-Najm 53:13
And indeed he saw him another time
Verse 14 — Surah An-Najm 53:14
at the lote tree of the boundary
Verse 15 — Surah An-Najm 53:15
by which lies the Garden of the refuge
Verse 16 — Surah An-Najm 53:16
when there covered the lote tree that which covered
Verse 17 — Surah An-Najm 53:17
The gaze swerved not; nor did it transgress
Verse 18 — Surah An-Najm 53:18
Indeed, he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord
Verse 19 — Surah An-Najm 53:19
Have you considered al-Lat and al-?Uzza
Verse 20 — Surah An-Najm 53:20
and Manat, the third, the other
Verse 21 — Surah An-Najm 53:21
Unto you males and unto Him females
Verse 22 — Surah An-Najm 53:22
This, then, is an unfair division
Verse 23 — Surah An-Najm 53:23
They are naught but names that you have named—you and your fathers—for which God has sent down no authority. They follow naught but conjecture and that which their souls desire, though guidance has surely come to them from their Lord
Verse 24 — Surah An-Najm 53:24
Or shall man have whatsoever he longs for
Verse 25 — Surah An-Najm 53:25
Yet unto God belong the Hereafter and this world
Verse 26 — Surah An-Najm 53:26
And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails naught, save after God grants leave unto whomsoever He will and unto the one with whom He is content
Verse 27 — Surah An-Najm 53:27
Truly those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names
Verse 28 — Surah An-Najm 53:28
Yet they have no knowledge thereof. They follow naught but conjecture; and surely conjecture avails naught against the Truth
Verse 29 — Surah An-Najm 53:29
So shun whosoever turns away from Our Reminder and desires naught but the life of the world
Verse 30 — Surah An-Najm 53:30
That is the extent of their knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided
Verse 31 — Surah An-Najm 53:31
Unto God belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth, that He may requite those who commit evil for that which they have done, and that He may requite those who are virtuous with that which is most beautiful
Verse 32 — Surah An-Najm 53:32
those who shun grave sins and indecencies, save what is slight; truly your Lord is of vast forgiveness. He knows you best, from when He brought you forth from the earth and when you were hidden in your mothers’ bellies. So deem not yourselves purified. He knows best the reverent
Verse 33 — Surah An-Najm 53:33
Have you seen the one who turned away
Verse 34 — Surah An-Najm 53:34
gave little, and then withheld
Verse 35 — Surah An-Najm 53:35
Does he have knowledge of the Unseen, such that he sees
Verse 36 — Surah An-Najm 53:36
Or has he not been informed of that which is in the scriptures of Moses
Verse 37 — Surah An-Najm 53:37
and Abraham, who fulfilled
Verse 38 — Surah An-Najm 53:38
that none shall bear the burden of another
Verse 39 — Surah An-Najm 53:39
that man shall have naught but that for which he endeavored
Verse 40 — Surah An-Najm 53:40
and that his endeavoring shall be seen
Verse 41 — Surah An-Najm 53:41
whereupon he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward
Verse 42 — Surah An-Najm 53:42
that the ultimate end is unto thy Lord
Verse 43 — Surah An-Najm 53:43
that it is He Who causes laughter and weeping
Verse 44 — Surah An-Najm 53:44
that it is He Who causes death and gives life
Verse 45 — Surah An-Najm 53:45
and that He creates the two—male and female—
Verse 46 — Surah An-Najm 53:46
from a drop when emitted
Verse 47 — Surah An-Najm 53:47
and that with Him lies the second genesis
Verse 48 — Surah An-Najm 53:48
that it is He Who enriches and grants possessions
Verse 49 — Surah An-Najm 53:49
that it is He Who is the Lord of Sirius
Verse 50 — Surah An-Najm 53:50
and that He destroyed ?Ad the Former
Verse 51 — Surah An-Najm 53:51
and Thamud, sparing none
Verse 52 — Surah An-Najm 53:52
and the people of Noah aforetime—truly they were most wrongdoing and most rebellious
Verse 53 — Surah An-Najm 53:53
and He razed the subverted cities
Verse 54 — Surah An-Najm 53:54
such that there covered them that which covered
Verse 55 — Surah An-Najm 53:55
So which of thy Lord’s boons do you dispute
Verse 56 — Surah An-Najm 53:56
This is a warning from the warners of old
Verse 57 — Surah An-Najm 53:57
The imminent is nigh
Verse 58 — Surah An-Najm 53:58
It has no unveiler apart from God
Verse 59 — Surah An-Najm 53:59
Do you then marvel at this discourse
Verse 60 — Surah An-Najm 53:60
And do you laugh and not weep
Verse 61 — Surah An-Najm 53:61
a while you stand with head held high
Verse 62 — Surah An-Najm 53:62
So prostrate unto God and worship