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النَّجْم

The Wise Quran

Surah 53. The Star (an-Najm)

62 verses Meccan
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1 Eminence attained by the Prophet
53:1 ›
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ۝١
The Wise Quran
By the star when it falls,
wal-najmi idhā haw
53:2 ›
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ۝٢
The Wise Quran
Your companion has not gone astray, nor has he erred,
mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghaw
53:3 ›
وَمَا یَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰۤ ۝٣
The Wise Quran
Nor does he speak from lust.
wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-haw
53:4 ›
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡیࣱ یُوحَىٰ ۝٤
The Wise Quran
It is not except an inspiration inspired.
in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥ
53:5 ›
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِیدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ۝٥
The Wise Quran
Intense in strength taught him,
dhū mirratin fa-is'taw
53:6 ›
ذُو مِرَّةࣲ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ۝٦
The Wise Quran
Possessor of strength, and he made for,
Thoo mirratin faistawa
53:7 ›
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ۝٧
The Wise Quran
And he was in the highest region.
wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿl
53:8 ›
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ۝٨
The Wise Quran
Then he drew near and he approached,
thumma danā fatadall
53:9 ›
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَیۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ۝٩
The Wise Quran
And he was two bows' length away, or nearer.
fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adn
53:10 ›
فَأَوۡحَىٰۤ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَاۤ أَوۡحَىٰ ۝١٠
The Wise Quran
And He inspired His servant what He inspired.
fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥ
53:11 ›
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰۤ ۝١١
The Wise Quran
The heart lied not what it saw.
mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā ra
53:12 ›
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا یَرَىٰ ۝١٢
The Wise Quran
So do you doubt him on what he saw?
afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yar
53:13 ›
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ۝١٣
The Wise Quran
And surely, certainly he saw him in another descent,
walaqad raāhu nazlatan ukh'r
53:14 ›
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ۝١٤
The Wise Quran
Near the lote tree of the ultimate place,
idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghsh
53:15 ›
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰۤ ۝١٥
The Wise Quran
Near it is the Garden of Abode.
AAindaha jannatu alma/wa
53:16 ›
إِذۡ یَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا یَغۡشَىٰ ۝١٦
The Wise Quran
When what covers covered the lote tree.
Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
53:17 ›
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ۝١٧
The Wise Quran
The eye deviated not nor was immoderate.
mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭagh
53:18 ›
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ ۝١٨
The Wise Quran
Surely, certainly he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord.
laqad raā min āyāti rabbihi l-kub'r
53:19 ›
أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ۝١٩
The Wise Quran
Then have you seen Al Lat and Al Uzza,
afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuz
53:20 ›
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۤ ۝٢٠
The Wise Quran
And Manat, the other third?
wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'r
53:21 ›
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ۝٢١
The Wise Quran
For you the male and for Him the female?
alakumu l-dhakaru walahu l-unth
53:22 ›
تِلۡكَ إِذࣰا قِسۡمَةࣱ ضِیزَىٰۤ ۝٢٢
The Wise Quran
That then is an unjust division.
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
The Wise Quran
They are not except names you have named them, you and your forefathers. God has sent down no authority for them. They follow not except conjecture and what the souls love. And surely, certainly the guidance came 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
The Wise Quran
Or for man is what he wishes?
am lil'insāni mā tamann
53:25 ›
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ۝٢٥
The Wise Quran
And for God is the hereafter and the former.
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
The Wise Quran
And how many an angel in the heavens their intercession does not avail anything, except after that God gives permission to whom He wills and is 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
The Wise Quran
Indeed, those who do not believe in the hereafter, surely they name the angels the name of the female.
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
The Wise Quran
And there is not for them any knowledge of it. They follow not except conjecture, and indeed, conjecture does not avail against the truth anything.
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
The Wise Quran
So turn away from whoever turned away from Our reminder and desires not except the worldly 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
The Wise Quran
That is their sum of knowledge; indeed, your Lord, He knows best who has gone astray from His way, and He knows best who is guided.
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
The Wise Quran
And for God is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may recompense those who did evil with what they did; and recompense those who did 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
The Wise Quran
Those who avoid the great of the sins and the immoralities, except the lesser offences. Indeed, your Lord is immense in forgiveness; He knows best about you when He produced you from the earth, and when you were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. So do not attribute purity to yourselves; He knows best he who feared.
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
The Wise Quran
And have you seen the one who turned away?
afara-ayta alladhī tawall
53:34 ›
وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِیلࣰا وَأَكۡدَىٰۤ ۝٣٤
The Wise Quran
And gave a little and withheld.
wa-aʿṭā qalīlan wa-akd
53:35 ›
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ فَهُوَ یَرَىٰۤ ۝٣٥
The Wise Quran
Is the knowledge of the unseen with him, so he sees?
aʿindahu ʿil'mu l-ghaybi fahuwa yar
53:36 ›
أَمۡ لَمۡ یُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِی صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ۝٣٦
The Wise Quran
Or was he not informed of what is in the books of Moses
am lam yunabba bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūs
53:37 ›
وَإِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٱلَّذِی وَفَّىٰۤ ۝٣٧
The Wise Quran
And Abraham, the one who fulfilled?
wa-ib'rāhīma alladhī waff
53:38 ›
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةࣱ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ ۝٣٨
The Wise Quran
That no burdened one will bear the burden of another.
allā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'r
53:39 ›
وَأَن لَّیۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٩
The Wise Quran
And that there is nothing for man except what he strove for;
wa-an laysa lil'insāni illā mā saʿ
53:40 ›
وَأَنَّ سَعۡیَهُۥ سَوۡفَ یُرَىٰ ۝٤٠
The Wise Quran
And that his striving will soon be seen,
wa-anna saʿyahu sawfa yur
53:41 ›
ثُمَّ یُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَاۤءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ ۝٤١
The Wise Quran
Then he will be recompensed for it, the fullest recompense;
thumma yuj'zāhu l-jazāa l-awf
53:42 ›
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ۝٤٢
The Wise Quran
And that to your Lord is the goal;
wa-anna ilā rabbika l-muntah
53:43 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ۝٤٣
The Wise Quran
And that He, He made laugh, and He made weep;
wa-annahu huwa aḍḥaka wa-abk
53:44 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡیَا ۝٤٤
The Wise Quran
And that He, He caused death and He gave life;
wa-annahu huwa amāta wa-aḥy
53:45 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ۝٤٥
The Wise Quran
And that He, He created pairs, the male and the female,
wa-annahu khalaqa l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unth
53:46 ›
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ ۝٤٦
The Wise Quran
From a sperm when it is emitted;
min nuṭ'fatin idhā tum'n
53:47 ›
وَأَنَّ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ ۝٤٧
The Wise Quran
And that upon Him is the other production;
wa-anna ʿalayhi l-nashata l-ukh'r
53:48 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ ۝٤٨
The Wise Quran
And that He, He enriches and gives possessions;
wa-annahu huwa aghnā wa-aqn
53:49 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ ۝٤٩
The Wise Quran
And that He, He is the Lord of Sirius;
wa-annahu huwa rabbu l-shiʿ'r
53:50 ›
وَأَنَّهُۥۤ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ۝٥٠
The Wise Quran
And that He, He destroyed 'Ad, the former,
wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūl
53:51 ›
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَاۤ أَبۡقَىٰ ۝٥١
The Wise Quran
And Thamud, then it did not remain;
wathamūdā famā abq
53:52 ›
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ ۝٥٢
The Wise Quran
And the people of Noah before, indeed they were, they were most unjust and most immoderate.
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭgh
53:53 ›
وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ ۝٥٣
The Wise Quran
And the overturned cities He made to fall down;
wal-mu'tafikata ahw
53:54 ›
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ۝٥٤
The Wise Quran
So what covered covered them.
faghashāhā mā ghash
53:55 ›
فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ۝٥٥
The Wise Quran
Then which of the favours of your Lord will you doubt?
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbika tatamār
53:56 ›
هَـٰذَا نَذِیرࣱ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۤ ۝٥٦
The Wise Quran
This is a warner among the former warners.
hādhā nadhīrun mina l-nudhuri l-ūl
53:57 ›
أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡءَازِفَةُ ۝٥٧
The Wise Quran
The Approaching Day has approached;
azifati l-āzifat
53:58 ›
لَیۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۝٥٨
The Wise Quran
There is no discloser for it besides God.
laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi kāshifatu
53:59 ›
أَفَمِنۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ۝٥٩
The Wise Quran
So do you wonder at this information?
afamin hādhā l-ḥadīthi taʿjabūn
53:60 ›
وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ۝٦٠
The Wise Quran
And you laugh and do not weep?
wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūn
53:61 ›
وَأَنتُمۡ سَـٰمِدُونَ ۝٦١
The Wise Quran
And you play?
wa-antum sāmidūn
53:62 ›
فَ̅ٱ̅سۡ̅جُ̅دُ̅و̅ا۟̅ لِلَّهِ وَٱعۡبُدُوا۟ ۝٦٢ ۩
The Wise Quran
So prostrate to God and serve.
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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