53:1
وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١
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By the star when it descends,
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Surah An Najm
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53:2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢
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Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
53:3
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ٣
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Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
53:4
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ ٤
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It is not but a revelation revealed,
53:5
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ٥
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Taught to him by one intense in strength -
53:6
ذُو مِرَّةٍۢ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ٦
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One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
53:7
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٧
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While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
53:8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨
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Then he approached and descended
53:9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩
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And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
53:10
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ١٠
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And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.