Sūrah 53 · Makkah · 62 āyāt

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An-Najm

The Star

النجم

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By the star when it descends,

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Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

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Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

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It is not but a revelation revealed,

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Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

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One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

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While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

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Then he approached and descended

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And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

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And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

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The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

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And he certainly saw him in another descent

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At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

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When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

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The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

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He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

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So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

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And Manāt, the third - the other one?

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Is the male for you and for Him the female?

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That, then, is an unjust division.

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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.

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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.

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That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

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And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

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And that his effort is going to be seen -

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Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -

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And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

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And that it is He who causes death and gives life

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And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

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And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

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The Approaching Day has approached.

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Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

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Then at this statement do you wonder?

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And you laugh and do not weep

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While you are proudly sporting?

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So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

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