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The Star62 Verses24 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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53:1
وَٱ ل نّ َجۡ مِ
By the star
إِذَا
when
هَوَىٰ
١it goes down
By the star when it descends,
53:2
مَا
Not
ضَلَّ
has strayed
صَاحِبُكُمۡ
your companion
وَمَا
and not
غَوَىٰ
٢has he erred
Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
53:3
وَمَا
And not
يَنط ِقُ
he speaks
عَنِ
from
the desire
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
53:4
إِنۡ
Not
هُوَ
it
إِلَّا
(is) except
وَحۡىٌ
a revelation
revealed
It is not but a revelation revealed,
53:5
عَلَّمَهُۥ
Has taught him
شَدِيدُ
the (one) mighty
(in) power
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
53:6
ذُو
Possessor of soundness
مِرَّةٍ
Possessor of soundness
And he rose
One of soundness.1 And he rose to [his] true form2
53:7
وَهُوَ
While he
بِٱ لۡأُفُقِ
(was) in the horizon
the highest
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.1
53:8
ثُمّ َ
Then
دَنَا
he approached
فَتَدَلَّىٰ
٨and came down
Then he approached and descended
53:9
فَكَانَ
And was
قَابَ
(at) a distance
قَوۡسَيۡنِ
(of) two bow-(lengths)
أَوۡ
or
أَدۡ نَىٰ
٩nearer
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
53:10
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ
So he revealed
إِلَىٰ
to
عَبۡ دِهِۦ
His slave
مَآ
what
أَوۡحَىٰ
١٠he revealed
And he revealed to His Servant1 what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
53:11
مَا
Not
كَذَبَ
lied
the heart
مَا
what
رَأَىٰٓ
١١it saw
The heart1 did not lie [about] what it saw.
53:12
أَفَتُمَـٰ رُونَهُۥ
Then will you dispute with him
عَلَىٰ
about
مَا
what
يَرَىٰ
١٢he saw
So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
53:13
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
رَءَاهُ
he saw him
نَزۡلَةً
(in) descent
أُخۡرَىٰ
١٣another
And he certainly saw him in another descent1
53:14
عِند َ
Near
سِدۡ رَةِ
(the) Lote Tree
(of) the utmost boundary
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
53:15
عِند َهَا
Near it
جَنّ َةُ
(is the) Garden
(of) Abode
Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
53:16
إِذۡ
When
يَغۡشَى
covered
the Lote Tree
مَا
what
يَغۡشَىٰ
١٦covers
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1
53:17
مَا
Not
زَاغَ
swerved
the sight
وَمَا
and not
طَغَىٰ
١٧it transgressed
The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
53:18
لَقَدۡ
Certainly
رَأَىٰ
he saw
مِنۡ
of
ءَايَـٰ تِ
(the) Signs
رَبِّهِ
(of) his Lord
the Greatest
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
53:19
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ
So have you seen
the Lat
وَٱ لۡعُزَّىٰ
١٩and the Uzza
So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
53:20
وَمَنَو ٰ ةَ
And Manat
the third
the other
And Manāt, the third - the other one?1
53:21
أَلَكُمُ
Is for you
the male
وَلَهُ
and for Him
the female
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
53:22
تِلۡكَ
This
إِذًا
then
(is) a division
unfair
That, then, is an unjust division.1
53:23
إِنۡ
Not
هِىَ
they
إِلَّآ
(are) except
أَسۡمَا ٓءٌ
names
you have named them
أَنت ُمۡ
you
وَءَابَا ٓؤُكُم
and your forefathers
not
أَنز َلَ
has Allah sent down
has Allah sent down
بِهَا
for it
مِن
any
authority
إِن
Not
they follow
إِلَّا
except
assumption
وَمَا
and what
تَهۡوَى
desire
the(ir) souls
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
جَا ٓءَهُم
has come to them
from
their Lord
the guidance
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
53:24
أَمۡ
Or
لِلۡإِنس َـٰ نِ
(is) for man
مَا
what
تَمَنّ َىٰ
٢٤he wishes
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
53:25
فَلِلَّهِ
But for Allah
(is) the last
وَٱ لۡأُولَىٰ
٢٥and the first
Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
53:26
۞وَكَم
And how many
of
(the) Angels
in
the heavens
لَا
not
تُغۡنِى
will avail
شَفَـٰ عَتُهُمۡ
their intercession
شَيۡــًٔا
anything
إِلَّا
except
مِنۢ
after
after
أَن
[that]
Allah has given permission
Allah has given permission
لِمَن
for whom
He wills
وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ
٢٦and approves
And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.
53:27
إِنّ َ
Indeed
those who
لَا
(do) not
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
believe
بِٱ لۡأَخِرَةِ
in the Hereafter
لَيُسَمّ ُونَ
surely they name
the Angels
تَسۡمِيَةَ
name(s)
(of) female
Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
53:28
وَمَا
And not
لَهُم
for them
about it
مِنۡ
any
عِلۡمٍۖ
knowledge
إِن
Not
they follow
إِلَّا
but
assumption
وَإِنّ َ
And indeed
the assumption
لَا
(does) not
يُغۡنِى
avail
مِنَ
against
the truth
شَيۡــًٔا
٢٨anything
And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
53:29
فَأَعۡرِضۡ
So turn away
عَن
from
(him) who
turns away
عَن
from
Our Reminder
وَلَمۡ
and not
يُرِدۡ
he desires
إِلَّا
except
the life
(of) the world
So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.
53:30
ذٰ
That
مَبۡ لَغُهُم
(is) their sum
of
knowledge
إِنّ َ
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
هُوَ
(is) He (Who)
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِمَن
(he) who
strays
عَن
from
His Path
وَهُوَ
and He
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِمَنِ
(he) who
is guided
That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.
53:31
وَلِلَّهِ
And for Allah
مَا
(is) whatever
فِى
(is) in
the heavens
وَمَا
and whatever
فِى
(is) in
the earth
لِيَجۡ زِىَ
that He may recompense
those who
أَسَـٰٓـ ــُٔواۡ
do evil
بِمَا
with what
عَمِلُواۡ
they have done
وَيَجۡ زِىَ
and recompense
those who
أَحۡسَنُواۡ
do good
بِٱ لۡحُسۡنَى
٣١with the best
And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -
53:32
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
يَجۡ تَنِبُونَ
avoid
كَبَـٰٓ ئِرَ
great
sins
وَٱ لۡفَوٰ
and the immoralities
إِلَّا
except
the small faults
إِنّ َ
indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
وٰ
(is) vast
(in) forgiveness
هُوَ
He
أَعۡلَمُ
(is) most knowing about you
بِكُمۡ
(is) most knowing about you
إِذۡ
when
أَنش َأَكُم
He produced you
from
the earth
وَإِذۡ
and when
أَنت ُمۡ
you (were)
أَجِنّ َةٌ
fetuses
in
بُطُونِ
(the) wombs
أُمّ َهَـٰ تِكُمۡۖ
(of) your mothers
فَلَا
So (do) not
تُزَكُّوٓ اۡ
ascribe purity
أَنف ُسَكُمۡۖ
(to) yourselves
هُوَ
He
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِمَنِ
(he) who
fears
Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.
53:33
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ
Did you see
the one who
تَوَلَّىٰ
٣٣turned away
Have you seen the one who turned away
53:34
وَأَعۡطَىٰ
And gave
قَلِيلاً
a little
and withheld
And gave a little and [then] refrained?
53:35
أَعِند َهُۥ
Is with him
عِلۡمُ
(the) knowledge
(of) the unseen
فَهُوَ
so he
يَرَىٰٓ
٣٥sees
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?1
53:36
أَمۡ
Or
لَمۡ
not
يُنَبَّأۡ
he was informed
بِمَا
with what
فِى
(was) in
صُحُفِ
(the) Scriptures
مُوسَىٰ
٣٦(of) Musa
Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses
53:37
وَإِبۡ رٰ
And Ibrahim
who
وَفَّىٰٓ
٣٧fulfilled
And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -
53:38
أَلَّا
That not
تَزِرُ
will bear
وَازِرَةٌ
a bearer of burdens
(the) burden
أُخۡرَىٰ
٣٨(of) another
That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
53:39
وَأَن
And that
is not
لِلۡإِنس َـٰ نِ
for man
إِلَّا
except
مَا
what
سَعَىٰ
٣٩he strives (for)
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
53:40
وَأَنّ َ
And that
سَعۡيَهُۥ
his striving
سَوۡفَ
will soon
يُرَىٰ
٤٠be seen
And that his effort is going to be seen -
53:41
ثُمّ َ
Then
يُجۡ زَٮٰ هُ
he will be recompensed for it
the recompense
the fullest
Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -
53:42
وَأَنّ َ
And that
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّكَ
your Lord
(is) the final goal
And that to your Lord is the finality
53:43
وَأَنّ َهُۥ
And that He
هُوَ
[He]
أَضۡحَكَ
makes (one) laugh
وَأَبۡ كَىٰ
٤٣and makes (one) weep
And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
53:44
وَأَنّ َهُۥ
And that He
هُوَ
[He]
أَمَاتَ
causes death
وَأَحۡيَا
٤٤and gives life
And that it is He who causes death and gives life
53:45
وَأَنّ َهُۥ
And that He
خَلَقَ
created
the pairs
the male
وَٱ لۡأُنث َىٰ
٤٥and the female
And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
53:46
مِن
From
a semen-drop
إِذَا
when
تُمۡنَىٰ
٤٦it is emitted
From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
53:47
وَأَنّ َ
And that
عَلَيۡهِ
upon Him
(is) the bringing forth
another
And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.
53:48
وَأَنّ َهُۥ
And that He
هُوَ
[He]
أَغۡنَىٰ
enriches
وَأَقۡ نَىٰ
٤٨and suffices
And that it is He who enriches and suffices
53:49
وَأَنّ َهُۥ
And that He
هُوَ
[He]
رَبُّ
(is the) Lord
(of) Sirius
And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius1.
53:50
وَأَنّ َهُۥٓ
And that He
أَهۡلَكَ
destroyed
عَادًا
Aad
the first
And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.
53:51
وَثَمُودَاۡ
And Thamud
فَمَآ
so not
أَبۡ قَىٰ
٥١He spared
And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -
53:52
وَقَوۡمَ
And (the) people
نُوحٍ
(of) Nuh
before
before
إِنّ َهُمۡ
Indeed, they
كَانُواۡ
they were
هُمۡ
they were
أَظۡلَمَ
more unjust
وَأَطۡ غَىٰ
٥٢and more rebellious
And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
53:53
وَٱ لۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ
And the overturned cities
أَهۡوَىٰ
٥٣He overthrew
And the overturned towns1 He hurled down.
53:54
فَغَشَّـٰ هَا
So covered them
مَا
what
غَشَّىٰ
٥٤covered
And covered them by that which He covered.1
53:55
فَبِأَىِّ
Then which (of)
ءَالَا ٓءِ
the Favors
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
تَتَمَارَىٰ
٥٥will you doubt
Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
53:56
هَـٰ ذَا
This
نَذِيرٌ
(is) a warner
from
the warners
the former
This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.
53:57
أَزِفَتِ
Has approached
the Approaching Day
The Approaching Day has approached.
53:58
لَيۡسَ
Not is
لَهَا
for it
مِن
besides
besides
Allah
كَاشِفَةٌ
٥٨any remover
Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.
53:59
أَفَمِنۡ
Then of
هَـٰ ذَا
this
statement
تَعۡجَبُو نَ
٥٩you wonder
Then at this statement do you wonder?
53:60
وَتَضۡحَكُونَ
And you laugh
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَبۡ كُو نَ
٦٠weep
And you laugh and do not weep
53:61
وَأَنت ُمۡ
While you
سَـٰ مِدُو نَ
٦١amuse (yourselves)
While you are proudly sporting?1
53:62
فَٱ سۡجُدُواۡ
So prostrate
لِلَّهِ
to Allah
وَٱ عۡبُدُواۡ
۩and worship (Him)
So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].