Verse 53:18 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
14
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghsh
by the lote tree beyond which none may pas
15
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰۤ ١٥
AAindaha jannatu alma/wa
near the Garden of Restfulness
16
إِذۡ یَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا یَغۡشَىٰ ١٦
Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour]
17
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧
mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭagh
His sight never wavered, nor was it too bold
18
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ ١٨
laqad raā min āyāti rabbihi l-kub'r
and he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord
19
أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ١٩
afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuz
[Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza
20
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۤ ٢٠
wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'r
and the third one, Manat–&ndash
21
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢١
alakumu l-dhakaru walahu l-unth
are you to have the male and He the female
22
تِلۡكَ إِذࣰا قِسۡمَةࣱ ضِیزَىٰۤ ٢٢
til'ka idhan qis'matun ḍīz
That would be a most unjust distribution!––
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