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53 An-Najm ٱلنَّجْم

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

53:1 وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
53:1
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
I swear by the star when it goes down.

53:2 مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
53:2
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;

53:3 وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
53:3
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Nor does he speak out of desire.

53:4 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ
53:4
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
It is naught but revelation that is revealed,

53:5 عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ
53:5
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,

53:6 ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
53:6
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,

53:7 وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
53:7
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And he is in the highest part of the horizon.

53:8 ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
53:8
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Then he drew near, then he bowed

53:9 فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
53:9
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.

53:10 فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ
53:10
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

53:11 مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
53:11
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.

53:12 أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
53:12
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?

53:13 وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
53:13
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And certainly he saw him in another descent,

53:14 عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
53:14
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
At the farthest lote-tree;

53:15 عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ
53:15
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.

53:16 إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
53:16
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
When that which covers covered the lote-tree;

53:17 مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
53:17
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.

53:18 لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ
53:18
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

53:19 أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
53:19
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,

53:20 وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
53:20
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And Manat, the third, the last?

53:21 أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
53:21
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
What! for you the males and for Him the females!

53:22 تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ
53:22
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
This indeed is an unjust division!

53:23 إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
53:23
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.

53:24 أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
53:24
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Or shall man have what he wishes?

53:25 فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
53:25
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

53:26 ۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ
53:26
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.

53:27 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
53:27
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

53:28 وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا
53:28
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

53:29 فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
53:29
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.

53:30 ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ
53:30
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.

53:31 وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى
53:31
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.

53:32 ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ
53:32
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).

53:33 أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ
53:33
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Have you then seen him who turns his back?

53:34 وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ
53:34
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And gives a little and (then) withholds.

53:35 أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
53:35
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?

53:36 أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
53:36
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?

53:37 وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ
53:37
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):

53:38 أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
53:38
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-

53:39 وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
53:39
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-

53:40 وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
53:40
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that his striving shall soon be seen-

53:41 ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ
53:41
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward-

53:42 وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
53:42
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that to your Lord is the goal-

53:43 وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
53:43
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;

53:44 وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
53:44
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-

53:45 وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
53:45
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that He created pairs, the male and the female

53:46 مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
53:46
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
From the small seed when it is adapted

53:47 وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ
53:47
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;

53:48 وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
53:48
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;

53:49 وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
53:49
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;

53:50 وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ
53:50
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And that He did destroy the Ad of old

53:51 وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ
53:51
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And Samood, so He spared not

53:52 وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
53:52
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;

53:53 وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
53:53
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,

53:54 فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
53:54
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
So there covered them that which covered.

53:55 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
53:55
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?

53:56 هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
53:56
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
This is a warner of the warners of old.

53:57 أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ
53:57
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
The near event draws nigh.

53:58 لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
53:58
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.

53:59 أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
53:59
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Do you then wonder at this announcement?

53:60 وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
53:60
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And will you laugh and not weep?

53:61 وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ
53:61
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
While you are indulging in varieties.

53:62 فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩
53:62
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).