وَٱلنَّجْمِwal-najmiBy the starإِذَاidhāwhenهَوَىٰhawāit goes down
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مَاmāNotضَلَّḍallahas strayedصَاحِبُكُمْṣāḥibukumyour companionوَمَاwamāand notغَوَىٰghawāhas he erred
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وَمَاwamāAnd notيَنطِقُyanṭiquhe speaksعَنِʿanifromٱلْهَوَىٰٓl-hawāthe desire
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إِنْinNotهُوَhuwaitإِلَّاillā(is) exceptوَحْىٌۭwaḥyuna revelationيُوحَىٰyūḥārevealed
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عَلَّمَهُۥʿallamahuHas taught himشَدِيدُshadīduthe (one) mightyٱلْقُوَىٰl-quwā(in) power
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ذُوdhūPossessor of soundnessمِرَّةٍۢmirratinPossessor of soundnessفَٱسْتَوَىٰfa-is'tawāAnd he rose
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وَهُوَwahuwaWhile heبِٱلْأُفُقِbil-ufuqi(was) in the horizon ٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlāthe highest
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ثُمَّthummaThenدَنَاdanāhe approachedفَتَدَلَّىٰfatadallāand came down
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فَكَانَfakānaAnd wasقَابَqāba(at) a distanceقَوْسَيْنِqawsayni(of) two bow-(lengths)أَوْaworأَدْنَىٰadnānearer
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فَأَوْحَىٰٓfa-awḥāSo he revealedإِلَىٰilātoعَبْدِهِۦʿabdihiHis slaveمَآmāwhatأَوْحَىٰawḥāhe revealed
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مَاmāNotكَذَبَkadhabaliedٱلْفُؤَادُl-fuāduthe heartمَاmāwhatرَأَىٰٓraāit saw
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أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥafatumārūnahuThen will you dispute with himعَلَىٰʿalāaboutمَاmāwhatيَرَىٰyarāhe saw
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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyرَءَاهُraāhuhe saw himنَزْلَةًnazlatan(in) descentأُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother
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عِندَʿindaNearسِدْرَةِsid'rati(the) Lote Treeٱلْمُنتَهَىٰl-muntahā(of) the utmost boundary
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عِندَهَاʿindahāNear itجَنَّةُjannatu(is the) Gardenٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓl-mawā(of) Abode
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إِذْidhWhenيَغْشَىyaghshācoveredٱلسِّدْرَةَl-sid'ratathe Lote Treeمَاmāwhatيَغْشَىٰyaghshācovers
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مَاmāNotزَاغَzāghaswervedٱلْبَصَرُl-baṣaruthe sightوَمَاwamāand notطَغَىٰṭaghāit transgressed
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لَقَدْlaqadCertainlyرَأَىٰraāhe sawمِنْminofءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signsرَبِّهِrabbihi(of) his Lordٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓl-kub'rāthe Greatest
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُafara-aytumuSo have you seenٱللَّـٰتَl-lātathe Latوَٱلْعُزَّىٰwal-ʿuzāand the Uzza
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وَمَنَوٰةَwamanataAnd Manatٱلثَّالِثَةَl-thālithatathe thirdٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓl-ukh'rāthe other
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أَلَكُمُalakumuIs for youٱلذَّكَرُl-dhakaruthe maleوَلَهُwalahuand for Himٱلْأُنثَىٰl-unthāthe female
53:21
تِلْكَtil'kaThisإِذًۭاidhanthenقِسْمَةٌۭqis'matun(is) a divisionضِيزَىٰٓḍīzāunfair
53:22
إِنْinNotهِىَhiyatheyإِلَّآillā(are) exceptأَسْمَآءٌۭasmāonnamesسَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāyou have named themأَنتُمْantumyouوَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathersمَّآmānotأَنزَلَanzalahas Allah sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuhas Allah sent downبِهَاbihāfor itمِنminanyسُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚsul'ṭāninauthorityإِنinNotيَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey followإِلَّاillāexceptٱلظَّنَّl-ẓanaassumptionوَمَاwamāand whatتَهْوَىtahwādesireٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖl-anfusuthe(ir) soulsوَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyجَآءَهُمjāahumhas come to themمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِمُrabbihimutheir Lordٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudāthe guidance
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أَمْamOrلِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insāni(is) for manمَاmāwhatتَمَنَّىٰtamannāhe wishes
53:24
فَلِلَّهِfalillahiBut for Allahٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(is) the lastوَٱلْأُولَىٰwal-ūlāand the first
53:25
۞ وَكَمwakamAnd how manyمِّنminofمَّلَكٍۢmalakin(the) Angelsفِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensلَاlānotتُغْنِىtugh'nīwill availشَفَـٰعَتُهُمْshafāʿatuhumtheir intercessionشَيْـًٔاshayananythingإِلَّاillāexceptمِنۢminafterبَعْدِbaʿdiafterأَنan[that]يَأْذَنَyadhanaAllah has given permissionٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has given permissionلِمَنlimanfor whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيَرْضَىٰٓwayarḍāand approves
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