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Sūra 53 · An-Najm (النجم)

62 āyāt · Meccan

53:1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
By the star when it descends,
53:2مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
53:3وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
53:4إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ
It is not but a revelation revealed,
53:5عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ
Taught to him by one intense in strength -
53:6ذُو مِرَّةٍۢ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
53:7وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
53:8ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he approached and descended