Verse 53:22 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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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
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أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ١٩
afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuz
[Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza
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وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۤ ٢٠
wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'r
and the third one, Manat–&ndash
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أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢١
alakumu l-dhakaru walahu l-unth
are you to have the male and He the female
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تِلۡكَ إِذࣰا قِسۡمَةࣱ ضِیزَىٰۤ ٢٢
til'ka idhan qis'matun ḍīz
That would be a most unjust distribution!––
23
إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّاۤ أَسۡمَاۤءࣱ سَمَّیۡتُمُوهَاۤ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُم مَّاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَـٰنٍۚ إِن یَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۤ ٢٣
in hiya illā asmāon sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wamā tahwā l-anfusu walaqad jāahum min rabbihimu l-hud
these are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers. God has sent no authority for them. These people merely follow guesswork and the whims of their souls, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord
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أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤
am lil'insāni mā tamann
Is man to have everything he wishes for
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فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢٥
falillahi l-ākhiratu wal-ūl
when the present life and the life to come belong only to God
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۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكࣲ فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِی شَفَـٰعَتُهُمۡ شَیۡءًا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن یَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن یَشَاۤءُ وَیَرۡضَىٰۤ ٢٦
wakam min malakin fī l-samāwāti lā tugh'nī shafāʿatuhum shayan illā min baʿdi an yadhana l-lahu liman yashāu wayarḍ
There are many angels in heaven whose intercession will be of no use until God gives permission to those He will, whose words He will accept
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