وَٱلنَّجْمِ By the star إِذَا when هَوَىٰ it goes down ١
By the star when it descends,
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53. Surah An-Najm
The Star · Makki · 62 Ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
مَا Not ضَلَّ has strayed صَاحِبُكُمْ your companion وَمَا and not غَوَىٰ has he erred ٢
Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
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وَمَا And not يَنطِقُ he speaks عَنِ from ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ the desire ٣
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
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إِنْ Not هُوَ it إِلَّا (is) except وَحْىٌۭ a revelation يُوحَىٰ revealed ٤
It is not but a revelation revealed,
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عَلَّمَهُۥ Has taught him شَدِيدُ the (one) mighty ٱلْقُوَىٰ (in) power ٥
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
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ذُو Possessor of soundness مِرَّةٍۢ Possessor of soundness فَٱسْتَوَىٰ And he rose ٦
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
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وَهُوَ While he بِٱلْأُفُقِ (was) in the horizon ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ the highest ٧
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
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ثُمَّ Then دَنَا he approached فَتَدَلَّىٰ and came down ٨
Then he approached and descended
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فَكَانَ And was قَابَ (at) a distance قَوْسَيْنِ (of) two bow-(lengths) أَوْ or أَدْنَىٰ nearer ٩
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
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فَأَوْحَىٰٓ So he revealed إِلَىٰ to عَبْدِهِۦ His slave مَآ what أَوْحَىٰ he revealed ١٠
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
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مَا Not كَذَبَ lied ٱلْفُؤَادُ the heart مَا what رَأَىٰٓ it saw ١١
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
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أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ Then will you dispute with him عَلَىٰ about مَا what يَرَىٰ he saw ١٢
So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
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وَلَقَدْ And certainly رَءَاهُ he saw him نَزْلَةً (in) descent أُخْرَىٰ another ١٣
And he certainly saw him in another descent
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عِندَ Near سِدْرَةِ (the) Lote Tree ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ (of) the utmost boundary ١٤
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
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عِندَهَا Near it جَنَّةُ (is the) Garden ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ (of) Abode ١٥
Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
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إِذْ When يَغْشَى covered ٱلسِّدْرَةَ the Lote Tree مَا what يَغْشَىٰ covers ١٦
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
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مَا Not زَاغَ swerved ٱلْبَصَرُ the sight وَمَا and not طَغَىٰ it transgressed ١٧
The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
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لَقَدْ Certainly رَأَىٰ he saw مِنْ of ءَايَـٰتِ (the) Signs رَبِّهِ (of) his Lord ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ the Greatest ١٨
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ So have you seen ٱللَّـٰتَ the Lat وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ and the Uzza ١٩
So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
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وَمَنَوٰةَ And Manat ٱلثَّالِثَةَ the third ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ the other ٢٠
And Manāt, the third - the other one?
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