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Surah 53

Surah An-Najm

النَّجۡمِ

سورۃ النَّجۡمِ

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Surah 53

An-Najm

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النَّجۡمِ

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1

Ayah 53:1

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ١

English translation

By the star when it descends,

2

Ayah 53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ٢

English translation

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

3

Ayah 53:3

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ٣

English translation

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

4

Ayah 53:4

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ٤

English translation

It is not but a revelation revealed,

5

Ayah 53:5

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ٥

English translation

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

6

Ayah 53:6

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ٦

English translation

One of soundness.1 And he rose to [his] true form2

7

Ayah 53:7

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ٧

English translation

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.1

8

Ayah 53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ٨

English translation

Then he approached and descended

9

Ayah 53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ٩

English translation

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

10

Ayah 53:10

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ١٠

English translation

And he revealed to His Servant1 what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

11

Ayah 53:11

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ١١

English translation

The heart1 did not lie [about] what it saw.

12

Ayah 53:12

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ١٢

English translation

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

13

Ayah 53:13

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ١٣

English translation

And he certainly saw him in another descent1

14

Ayah 53:14

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ١٤

English translation

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

15

Ayah 53:15

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ١٥

English translation

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

16

Ayah 53:16

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ١٦

English translation

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1

17

Ayah 53:17

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ١٧

English translation

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

18

Ayah 53:18

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ١٨

English translation

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

19

Ayah 53:19

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ١٩

English translation

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

20

Ayah 53:20

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ٢٠

English translation

And Manāt, the third - the other one?1

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About سورۃ النجم — Surah An-Najm

Surah An-Najm (The Star) is a Meccan chapter of the Quran with 62 ayahs. Read the complete Arabic text with Urdu tarjuma (Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari) and English translation (Sahih International) — with ayah-by-ayah links to Urdu tafseer where available.

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