Surah An-Najm (53): Read Online and Download - English Translation
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Information About Surah An-Najm
- Type of Surah An-Najm: Meccan
- Number of verses in Surah An-Najm: 62
- Order of Surah An-Najm in Quran: 53
- Order of revelation: 23
- Surah name in English: The Star
- Page numbers in Quran: from page 526 to 528
- Translation: Saheeh International
- Tafsir: Arberry
Surah An-Najm
سُورَةُ النَّجۡمِ
Page 526 (Verses from 1 to 26)
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English Translation
By the star when it descends,English Transliteration
Waalnnajmi itha hawa
By the Star when it plunges,
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Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,English Transliteration
Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa
your comrade is not astray, neither errs,
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Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.English Transliteration
Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa
nor speaks he out of caprice.
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It is not but a revelation revealed,English Transliteration
In huwa illa wahyun yooha
This is naught but a revelation revealed,
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Taught to him by one intense in strength -English Transliteration
AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa
taught him by one terrible in power,
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One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true formEnglish Transliteration
Thoo mirratin faistawa
very strong; he stood poised,
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While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.English Transliteration
Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla
being on the higher horizon,
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Then he approached and descendedEnglish Transliteration
Thumma dana fatadalla
then drew near and suspended hung,
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And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.English Transliteration
Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna
two bows' length away, or nearer,
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And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.English Transliteration
Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha
then revealed to his servant that he revealed.
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The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.English Transliteration
Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa
His heart lies not of what he saw;
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So will you dispute with him over what he saw?English Transliteration
Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara
what, will you dispute with him what he sees?
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And he certainly saw him in another descentEnglish Transliteration
Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra
Indeed, he saw him another time
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At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -English Transliteration
AAinda sidrati almuntaha
by the Lote-Tree of the Boundary
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Near it is the Garden of Refuge -English Transliteration
AAindaha jannatu almawa
nigh which is the Garden of the Refuge,
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When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].English Transliteration
Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
when there covered the Lote-Tree that which covered;
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The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].English Transliteration
Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha
his eye swerved not; nor swept astray.
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He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.English Transliteration
Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra
Indeed, he saw one of the greatest signs of his Lord.
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So have you considered al-Lat and al-\'Uzza?English Transliteration
Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza
Have you considered El-Lat and El-'Uzza
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And Manat, the third - the other one?English Transliteration
Wamanata alththalithata alokhra
and Manat the third, the other?
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Is the male for you and for Him the female?English Transliteration
Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha
What, have you males, and He females?
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That, then, is an unjust division.English Transliteration
Tilka ithan qismatun deeza
That were indeed an unjust division.
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They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah 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.English Transliteration
In hiya illa asmaon sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wama tahwa alanfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda
They are naught but names yourselves have named, and your fathers; God has sent down no authority touching them. They follow only surmise, and what the souls desire; and yet guidance has come to them from their Lord.
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Or is there for man whatever he wishes?English Transliteration
Am lilinsani ma tamanna
Or shall man have whatever he fancies?
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Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].English Transliteration
Falillahi alakhiratu waaloola
And to God belongs the First and the Last.
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And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.English Transliteration
Wakam min malakin fee alssamawati la tughnee shafaAAatuhum shayan illa min baAAdi an yathana Allahu liman yashao wayarda
How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession avails not anything, save after that God gives leave to whomsoever He wills and is well-pleased.
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