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Bridges

Surah 53. The Star (an-Najm)

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1 Eminence attained by the Prophet
53:1 ›
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ۝١
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By the star as it goes down,
wal-najmi idhā haw
53:2 ›
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ۝٢
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yourpl fellow has not gone astray, nor has he been deluded,
mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghaw
53:3 ›
وَمَا یَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰۤ ۝٣
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nor does he speak out of whim.
wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-haw
53:4 ›
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡیࣱ یُوحَىٰ ۝٤
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It is but a revelation being revealed,
in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥ
53:5 ›
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِیدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ۝٥
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taught to him by the extremely powerful,
dhū mirratin fa-is'taw
53:6 ›
ذُو مِرَّةࣲ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ۝٦
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the one of vigor. He settled
Thoo mirratin faistawa
53:7 ›
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ۝٧
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while he was at the highest horizon,
wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿl
53:8 ›
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ۝٨
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then he came near and descended
thumma danā fatadall
53:9 ›
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَیۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ۝٩
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so that he was within two bows’ length or closer.
fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adn
53:10 ›
فَأَوۡحَىٰۤ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَاۤ أَوۡحَىٰ ۝١٠
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Then He revealed to His servant that which He revealed.
fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥ
53:11 ›
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰۤ ۝١١
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The burning heart did not lie about what it saw.
mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā ra
53:12 ›
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا یَرَىٰ ۝١٢
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Will youpl enter into controversies with him despite what he sees?
afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yar
53:13 ›
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ۝١٣
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And he saw him on another descent,
walaqad raāhu nazlatan ukh'r
53:14 ›
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ۝١٤
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at the Lote-tree of the Extremity,
idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghsh
53:15 ›
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰۤ ۝١٥
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near which is the Garden of Shelter,
AAindaha jannatu alma/wa
53:16 ›
إِذۡ یَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا یَغۡشَىٰ ۝١٦
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when there covered the Lote-tree what covered it.
Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
53:17 ›
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ۝١٧
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The sight (of the Prophet) did not swerve, nor did it exceed.
mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭagh
53:18 ›
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ ۝١٨
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He certainly saw some of the great signs of his Lord.
laqad raā min āyāti rabbihi l-kub'r
53:19 ›
أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ۝١٩
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Have youpl seen Al-Lāt and Al-Uzza?
afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuz
53:20 ›
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۤ ۝٢٠
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And Manāt, the third one, the other?
wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'r
53:21 ›
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ۝٢١
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Are youpl to have the males and He the females?
alakumu l-dhakaru walahu l-unth
53:22 ›
تِلۡكَ إِذࣰا قِسۡمَةࣱ ضِیزَىٰۤ ۝٢٢
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What a bizarre distribution!
til'ka idhan qis'matun ḍīz
53:23 ›
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
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These are nothing but names which youpl have named, you and your forefathers, for which Allah sent down no manifestation. They follow nothing but assumptions and what the (inner) selves desire, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.
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
53:24 ›
أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ۝٢٤
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Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
am lil'insāni mā tamann
53:25 ›
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ۝٢٥
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To Allah belong the Hereafter and the first (life).
falillahi l-ākhiratu wal-ūl
2 Nothing avails against Truth
53:26 ›
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكࣲ فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِی شَفَـٰعَتُهُمۡ شَیۡءًا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن یَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن یَشَاۤءُ وَیَرۡضَىٰۤ ۝٢٦
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And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing except after Allah gives permission to whomever He wills and is well pleased with.
wakam min malakin fī l-samāwāti lā tugh'nī shafāʿatuhum shayan illā min baʿdi an yadhana l-lahu liman yashāu wayarḍ
53:27 ›
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ لَیُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ تَسۡمِیَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ۝٢٧
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Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels with female names,
inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūna l-malāikata tasmiyata l-unth
53:28 ›
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن یَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَیۡءࣰا ۝٢٨
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though they have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, yet surely assumptions do not substitute for the truth.
wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shaya
53:29 ›
فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ یُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا ۝٢٩
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So disregardsg the one who has turned away from Our Reminder and has wanted nothing but the Earlier Life.
fa-aʿriḍ ʿan man tawallā ʿan dhik'rinā walam yurid illā l-ḥayata l-dun'y
53:30 ›
ذَ ٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِیلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ۝٣٠
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That is the extent of their knowledge. Indeed, yoursg Lord is the One who knows better who has strayed from His way and He is the One who knows better who has accepted guidance.
dhālika mablaghuhum mina l-ʿil'mi inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bimani ih'tad
53:31 ›
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَمَا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِیَجۡزِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَسَـٰۤءُوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَیَجۡزِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَحۡسَنُوا۟ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى ۝٣١
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And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may repay those who have done evil according to what they have done and repay those who have excelled in doing good with the best.
walillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi liyajziya alladhīna asāū bimā ʿamilū wayajziya alladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥus'n
53:32 ›
ٱلَّذِینَ یَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰۤىِٕرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَ ٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَ ٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةࣱ فِی بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوۤا۟ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰۤ ۝٣٢
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Those who avoid the gravest of sins and obscenities—except for minor lapses—yoursg Lord is of vast forgiveness. He knows better about youpl, ever since He initiated you from the earth, and ever since you were fetuses in your mothers’ bellies. So do not acclaim your own purity—He knows better who is mindful (of Him).
alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāira l-ith'mi wal-fawāḥisha illā l-lamama inna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maghfirati huwa aʿlamu bikum idh ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa aʿlamu bimani ittaq
3 Allah's Power manifested
53:33 ›
أَفَرَءَیۡتَ ٱلَّذِی تَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٣
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Have yousg seen the one who turned away
afara-ayta alladhī tawall
53:34 ›
وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِیلࣰا وَأَكۡدَىٰۤ ۝٣٤
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and gave a little, then held back?
wa-aʿṭā qalīlan wa-akd
53:35 ›
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ فَهُوَ یَرَىٰۤ ۝٣٥
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Does he possess knowledge of the hidden realm and can therefore foresee?
aʿindahu ʿil'mu l-ghaybi fahuwa yar
53:36 ›
أَمۡ لَمۡ یُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِی صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ۝٣٦
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Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses,
am lam yunabba bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūs
53:37 ›
وَإِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلَّذِی وَفَّىٰۤ ۝٣٧
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and of Abraham who fulfilled (conveying the commandments):
wa-ib'rāhīma alladhī waff
53:38 ›
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةࣱ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ ۝٣٨
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that no bearer of burden bears the burden of another;
allā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'r
53:39 ›
وَأَن لَّیۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٩
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and that man attains only what he has striven for;
wa-an laysa lil'insāni illā mā saʿ
53:40 ›
وَأَنَّ سَعۡیَهُۥ سَوۡفَ یُرَىٰ ۝٤٠
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and that surely his pursuit will eventually be seen,
wa-anna saʿyahu sawfa yur
53:41 ›
ثُمَّ یُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَاۤءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ ۝٤١
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then he is repaid for it with the fullest repayment;
thumma yuj'zāhu l-jazāa l-awf
53:42 ›
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ۝٤٢
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and that to yoursg Lord is the finality;
wa-anna ilā rabbika l-muntah
53:43 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ۝٤٣
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and that it is He Who caused laughter and weeping;
wa-annahu huwa aḍḥaka wa-abk
53:44 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡیَا ۝٤٤
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and that it is He Who caused death and gave life;
wa-annahu huwa amāta wa-aḥy
53:45 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ۝٤٥
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and that He created the two spouses—the male and the female,
wa-annahu khalaqa l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unth
53:46 ›
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ ۝٤٦
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from a sperm drop when emitted;
min nuṭ'fatin idhā tum'n
53:47 ›
وَأَنَّ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ ۝٤٧
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and that upon Him is the next creation;
wa-anna ʿalayhi l-nashata l-ukh'r
53:48 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ ۝٤٨
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and that it is He Who enriched and impoverished;
wa-annahu huwa aghnā wa-aqn
53:49 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ ۝٤٩
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and that it is He Who is the Lord of Sirius;
wa-annahu huwa rabbu l-shiʿ'r
53:50 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥۤ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ۝٥٠
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and that He annihilated ancient Ād
wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūl
53:51 ›
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَاۤ أَبۡقَىٰ ۝٥١
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and Thamûd, sparing no one;
wathamūdā famā abq
53:52 ›
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ ۝٥٢
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and the people of Noah before that; indeed, they were more unjust and more exceeding of all limits.
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭgh
53:53 ›
وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ ۝٥٣
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And He brought down the Ruined Cities
wal-mu'tafikata ahw
53:54 ›
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ۝٥٤
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and covered them by that which He covered.
faghashāhā mā ghash
53:55 ›
فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ۝٥٥
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So which of yoursg Lord's marvels do you enter into controversies about?
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbika tatamār
53:56 ›
هَـٰذَا نَذِیرࣱ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۤ ۝٥٦
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This is a warning just like the first warnings.
hādhā nadhīrun mina l-nudhuri l-ūl
53:57 ›
أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡءَازِفَةُ ۝٥٧
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The inevitable is imminent;
azifati l-āzifat
53:58 ›
لَیۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۝٥٨
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none apart from Allah can unveil it.
laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi kāshifatu
53:59 ›
أَفَمِنۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ۝٥٩
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Do youpl marvel at this discourse,
afamin hādhā l-ḥadīthi taʿjabūn
53:60 ›
وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ۝٦٠
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and laugh and do not weep,
wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūn
53:61 ›
وَأَنتُمۡ سَـٰمِدُونَ ۝٦١
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lost in your frivolity?
wa-antum sāmidūn
53:62 ›
فَ̅ٱ̅سۡ̅جُ̅دُ̅و̅ا۟̅ لِلَّهِ وَٱعۡبُدُوا۟ ۝٦٢ ۩
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So prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship!
fa-us'judū lillahi wa-uʿ'bud
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Surah Info

Surah
The Star
Verses
62
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
27
Translations
62

Themes in This Surah

Revelation Star Monotheism Accountability

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  1. 1 Eminence attained by the Prophet Ayat 1 – 25
  2. 2 Nothing avails against Truth Ayat 26 – 32
  3. 3 Allah's Power manifested Ayat 33 – 62

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