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53. Surah An-Najm

The Star

Read and listen to the full Surah An-Najm (Chapter 53), consisting of 62 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 27), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
53:9
فكان قاب قوسين او ادنى ٩
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩
٩
that he was only two arms-lengths away or even less.1
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53:10
فاوحى الى عبده ما اوحى ١٠
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ١٠
١٠
Then Allah revealed to His servant what He revealed ˹through Gabriel˺.
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53:11
ما كذب الفواد ما راى ١١
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١
١١
The ˹Prophet’s˺ heart did not doubt what he saw.
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53:12
افتمارونه على ما يرى ١٢
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢
١٢
How can you ˹O pagans˺ then dispute with him regarding what he saw?
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53:13
ولقد راه نزلة اخرى ١٣
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ١٣
١٣
And he certainly saw that ˹angel descend˺ a second time
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53:14
عند سدرة المنتهى ١٤
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
١٤
at the Lote Tree of the most extreme limit ˹in the seventh heaven˺—
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53:15
عندها جنة الماوى ١٥
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ ١٥
١٥
near which is the Garden of ˹Eternal˺ Residence—
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53:16
اذ يغشى السدرة ما يغشى ١٦
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ١٦
١٦
while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!
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53:17
ما زاغ البصر وما طغى ١٧
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧
١٧
The ˹Prophet’s˺ sight never wandered, nor did it overreach.
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53:18
لقد راى من ايات ربه الكبرى ١٨
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ ١٨
١٨
He certainly saw some of his Lord’s greatest signs.1 
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