An-Najm 53
The StarHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
The surah opens with an oath by the star as it sinks, declaring that the Prophet has not gone astray, does not speak from his own desire, and conveys only revelation. It describes one mighty in power who stood on the highest horizon and drew as near as two bow-lengths, and a second sighting by the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, where the Prophet saw some of his Lord's great signs. It then dismisses al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat as mere names invented by people and their forefathers, and rejects giving the angels female names as conjecture. Principles from the scrolls of Moses and Abraham follow: no one bears another's burden, and a person has only what he strives for. God is described as the One who makes people laugh and weep, gives death and life, and destroyed Ad, Thamud and the people of Noah. The surah ends with a command to prostrate to God and worship Him.
- Truth of the revelation
- Vision at the Lote Tree
- Idols as mere names
- Each according to effort
- A call to prostrate
The name It is named after the oath in verse 1 by the star when it sinks down.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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وَالنَّجْمِ완나즈미 إِذَا이ð다 هَوَىٰ하와
By the star when it sinks down!
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مَا마 ضَلَّ달라 صَاحِبُكُمْ사히부쿰 وَمَا와마 غَوَىٰ가와
Your companion has not gone astray, nor has he been misled.
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وَمَا와마 يَنْطِقُ얀띠꾸 عَنِ아닐 الْهَوَىٰ하와
Nor does he speak out of [his own] desire.
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إِنْ인 هُوَ후와 إِلَّا일라 وَحْيٌ와흐윤 يُوحَىٰ유하
It is nothing but a revelation that is revealed.
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عَلَّمَهُ알라마후 شَدِيدُ샤디둘 الْقُوَىٰ꾸와
One mighty in power taught him,
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ذُوð두 مِرَّةٍ미르r라틴 فَاسْتَوَىٰf파스타와
one of firm strength, who then stood poised,
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وَهُوَ와후와 بِالْأُفُقِ빌우f푸낄 الْأَعْلَىٰ아을라
while he was on the highest horizon.
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ثُمَّθ숨마 دَنَا다나 فَتَدَلَّىٰf파타달라
Then he drew near and came down closer,
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فَكَانَf파카나 قَابَ까바 قَوْسَيْنِ까우사이니 أَوْ아우 أَدْنَىٰ아드나
until he was two bow-lengths away, or nearer still.
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فَأَوْحَىٰf파아우하 إِلَىٰ일라 عَبْدِهِ압디히 مَا마 أَوْحَىٰ아우하
So He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
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مَا마 كَذَبَ카ð다발 الْفُؤَادُf푸아두 مَا마 رَأَىٰr라아
The heart did not belie what it saw.
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أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ아f파투마r루나후 عَلَىٰ알라 مَا마 يَرَىٰ야r라
So will you argue with him over what he sees?
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وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 رَآهُr라아후 نَزْلَةً나즐라탄 أُخْرَىٰ우흐r라
And indeed he saw him at another descent,
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عِنْدَ인다 سِدْرَةِ시드r라틸 الْمُنْتَهَىٰ문타하
by the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary,
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عِنْدَهَا인다하 جَنَّةُ잔나툴 الْمَأْوَىٰ마으와
near which is the Garden of Refuge,
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إِذْ이ð드 يَغْشَى야그샷 السِّدْرَةَ시드r라타 مَا마 يَغْشَىٰ야그샤
when there covered the Lote Tree what covered [it].
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مَا마 زَاغَ자갈 الْبَصَرُ바사r루 وَمَا와마 طَغَىٰ따가
The sight did not swerve, nor did it overstep.
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لَقَدْ라까드 رَأَىٰr라아 مِنْ민 آيَاتِ아야티 رَبِّهِr랍비힐 الْكُبْرَىٰ쿠브r라
Indeed, he saw some of his Lord's greatest signs.
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أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ아f파r라아이투물 اللَّاتَ라타 وَالْعُزَّىٰ왈웃자
Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza,
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وَمَنَاةَ와마나탓 الثَّالِثَةَθ살리θ사탈 الْأُخْرَىٰ우흐r라
and Manat, the third, the other one?
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أَلَكُمُ알라쿠뭇 الذَّكَرُð다카r루 وَلَهُ왈라훌 الْأُنْثَىٰ운θ사
Are males for you and females for Him?
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تِلْكَ틸카 إِذًا이ð단 قِسْمَةٌ끼스마툰 ضِيزَىٰ디자
That, then, would be an unfair division!
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إِنْ인 هِيَ히야 إِلَّا일라 أَسْمَاءٌ아스마운 سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا삼마이투무하 أَنْتُمْ안툼 وَآبَاؤُكُمْ와아바우쿰 مَا마 أَنْزَلَ안잘랄 اللَّهُ라후 بِهَا비하 مِنْ민 سُلْطَانٍ술따닌 ۚ إِنْ인 يَتَّبِعُونَ얏타비우나 إِلَّا일랏 الظَّنَّð단나 وَمَا와마 تَهْوَى타흐왈 الْأَنْفُسُ안f푸수 ۖ وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 جَاءَهُمْ자아훔 مِنْ민 رَبِّهِمُr랍비히물 الْهُدَىٰ후다
They are nothing but names that you and your forefathers have named; God has sent down no authority for them. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their souls desire, though guidance has already come to them from their Lord.
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أَمْ암 لِلْإِنْسَانِ릴인사니 مَا마 تَمَنَّىٰ타만나
Or shall man have whatever he wishes for?
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فَلِلَّهِf팔릴라힐 الْآخِرَةُ아키r라투 وَالْأُولَىٰ왈울라
To God belong the Hereafter and the first [life].
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وَكَمْ와캄 مِنْ밈 مَلَكٍ말라킨 فِيf핏 السَّمَاوَاتِ사마와티 لَا라 تُغْنِي투그니 شَفَاعَتُهُمْ샤f파아투훔 شَيْئًا샤이안 إِلَّا일라 مِنْ밈 بَعْدِ바으디 أَنْ안 يَأْذَنَ야으ð다날 اللَّهُ라후 لِمَنْ리만 يَشَاءُ야샤우 وَيَرْضَىٰ와야r르다
How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God gives permission for whom He wills and is pleased with.
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إِنَّ인날 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 لَا라 يُؤْمِنُونَ유으미누나 بِالْآخِرَةِ빌아키r라티 لَيُسَمُّونَ라유삼무날 الْمَلَائِكَةَ말라이카타 تَسْمِيَةَ타스미야탈 الْأُنْثَىٰ운θ사
Truly, those who have no faith in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females.
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وَمَا와마 لَهُمْ라훔 بِهِ비히 مِنْ민 عِلْمٍ일민 ۖ إِنْ인 يَتَّبِعُونَ얏타비우나 إِلَّا일랏 الظَّنَّð단나 ۖ وَإِنَّ와인낫 الظَّنَّð단나 لَا라 يُغْنِي유그니 مِنَ미날 الْحَقِّ학끼 شَيْئًا샤이아
They have no knowledge of it; they follow nothing but conjecture, and conjecture avails nothing against the truth.
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فَأَعْرِضْf파아으r리드 عَنْ암 مَنْ만 تَوَلَّىٰ타왈라 عَنْ안 ذِكْرِنَاð디크r리나 وَلَمْ왈람 يُرِدْ유r리드 إِلَّا일랄 الْحَيَاةَ하야탓 الدُّنْيَا둔야
So pay no heed to anyone who turns from Our reminder and desires only the worldly life.
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ذَٰلِكَð달리카 مَبْلَغُهُمْ마블라구훔 مِنَ미날 الْعِلْمِ일미 ۚ إِنَّ인나 رَبَّكَr랍바카 هُوَ후와 أَعْلَمُ아을라무 بِمَنْ비만 ضَلَّ달라 عَنْ안 سَبِيلِهِ사빌리히 وَهُوَ와후와 أَعْلَمُ아을라무 بِمَنِ비마니 اهْتَدَىٰ흐타다
That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His way, and He knows best who is rightly guided.
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وَلِلَّهِ왈릴라히 مَا마 فِيf핏 السَّمَاوَاتِ사마와티 وَمَا와마 فِيf필 الْأَرْضِ아r르디 لِيَجْزِيَ리야즈지얄 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 أَسَاءُوا아사우 بِمَا비마 عَمِلُوا아밀루 وَيَجْزِيَ와야즈지얄 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 أَحْسَنُوا아흐사누 بِالْحُسْنَى빌후스나
To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, so that He may repay those who do evil for what they have done, and repay those who do good with the best.
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الَّذِينَ알라ð디나 يَجْتَنِبُونَ야즈타니부나 كَبَائِرَ카바이r랄 الْإِثْمِ이θ스미 وَالْفَوَاحِشَ왈f파와히샤 إِلَّا일랄 اللَّمَمَ라마마 ۚ إِنَّ인나 رَبَّكَr랍바카 وَاسِعُ와시울 الْمَغْفِرَةِ마그f피r라티 ۚ هُوَ후와 أَعْلَمُ아을라무 بِكُمْ비쿰 إِذْ이ð드 أَنْشَأَكُمْ안샤아쿰 مِنَ미날 الْأَرْضِ아r르디 وَإِذْ와이ð드 أَنْتُمْ안툼 أَجِنَّةٌ아진나툰 فِيf피 بُطُونِ부뚜니 أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ움마하티쿰 ۖ فَلَاf팔라 تُزَكُّوا투작쿠 أَنْفُسَكُمْ안f푸사쿰 ۖ هُوَ후와 أَعْلَمُ아을라무 بِمَنِ비마닛 اتَّقَىٰ타까
Those who avoid the major sins and indecencies, except for minor lapses — your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He knows you best, from when He produced you from the earth and when you were embryos in your mothers' wombs. So do not claim purity for yourselves; He knows best who is mindful of Him.
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أَفَرَأَيْتَ아f파r라아이탈 الَّذِي라ð디 تَوَلَّىٰ타왈라
Have you seen the one who turns away,
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وَأَعْطَىٰ와아으따 قَلِيلًا깔릴란 وَأَكْدَىٰ와악다
who gives a little and then holds back?
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أَعِنْدَهُ아인다후 عِلْمُ일물 الْغَيْبِ가이비 فَهُوَf파후와 يَرَىٰ야r라
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so that he can see?
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أَمْ암 لَمْ람 يُنَبَّأْ유납바으 بِمَا비마 فِيf피 صُحُفِ수후f피 مُوسَىٰ무사
Or has he not been told of what is in the scrolls of Moses,
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وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ와이브r라히말 الَّذِي라ð디 وَفَّىٰ왑f파
and of Abraham, who fulfilled [his duty]:
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أَلَّا알라 تَزِرُ타지r루 وَازِرَةٌ와지r라툰 وِزْرَ위즈r라 أُخْرَىٰ우흐r라
that no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another,
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وَأَنْ와알 لَيْسَ라이사 لِلْإِنْسَانِ릴인사니 إِلَّا일라 مَا마 سَعَىٰ사아
and that man shall have nothing but what he strives for,
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وَأَنَّ와안나 سَعْيَهُ사으야후 سَوْفَ사우f파 يُرَىٰ유r라
and that his striving will be seen,
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ثُمَّθ숨마 يُجْزَاهُ유즈자훌 الْجَزَاءَ자자알 الْأَوْفَىٰ아우f파
then he will be repaid for it in the fullest measure,
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وَأَنَّ와안나 إِلَىٰ일라 رَبِّكَr랍비칼 الْمُنْتَهَىٰ문타하
and that to your Lord is the final end,
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وَأَنَّهُ와안나후 هُوَ후와 أَضْحَكَ아드하카 وَأَبْكَىٰ와압카
and that it is He who makes [people] laugh and weep,
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وَأَنَّهُ와안나후 هُوَ후와 أَمَاتَ아마타 وَأَحْيَا와아흐야
and that it is He who causes death and gives life,
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وَأَنَّهُ와안나후 خَلَقَ칼라깟 الزَّوْجَيْنِ자우자이닛 الذَّكَرَð다카r라 وَالْأُنْثَىٰ왈운θ사
and that it is He who fashioned the pair — the male and the female —
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مِنْ민 نُطْفَةٍ누뜨f파틴 إِذَا이ð다 تُمْنَىٰ툼나
from a drop of fluid when it is emitted,
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وَأَنَّ와안나 عَلَيْهِ알라이힌 النَّشْأَةَ나시아탈 الْأُخْرَىٰ우흐r라
and that upon Him rests the second creation,
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وَأَنَّهُ와안나후 هُوَ후와 أَغْنَىٰ아그나 وَأَقْنَىٰ와아끄나
and that it is He who enriches and grants possessions,
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وَأَنَّهُ와안나후 هُوَ후와 رَبُّr랍붓 الشِّعْرَىٰ시으r라
and that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius,
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وَأَنَّهُ와안나후 أَهْلَكَ아흘라카 عَادًا아다닐 الْأُولَىٰ울라
and that He destroyed the former Ad,
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وَثَمُودَ와θ사무다 فَمَاf파마 أَبْقَىٰ압까
and Thamud, sparing none,
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وَقَوْمَ와까우마 نُوحٍ누힘 مِنْ민 قَبْلُ까블루 ۖ إِنَّهُمْ인나훔 كَانُوا카누 هُمْ훔 أَظْلَمَ아ð들라마 وَأَطْغَىٰ와아뜨가
and the people of Noah before them — they were indeed more unjust and more rebellious —
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وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ왈무으타f피카타 أَهْوَىٰ아흐와
and He overthrew the overturned cities,
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فَغَشَّاهَاf파갓샤하 مَا마 غَشَّىٰ갓샤
so that there covered them what covered [them].
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فَبِأَيِّf파비아이 آلَاءِ알라이 رَبِّكَr랍비카 تَتَمَارَىٰ타타마r라
Then which of your Lord's favours will you dispute?
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هَٰذَا하ð다 نَذِيرٌ나ð디r룸 مِنَ미난 النُّذُرِ누ð두r릴 الْأُولَىٰ울라
This is a warner like the warners of old.
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أَزِفَتِ아지f파틸 الْآزِفَةُ아지f파흐
The imminent [Hour] has drawn near.
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لَيْسَ라이사 لَهَا라하 مِنْ민 دُونِ두닐 اللَّهِ라히 كَاشِفَةٌ카시f파흐
None besides God can remove it.
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أَفَمِنْ아f파민 هَٰذَا하ð달 الْحَدِيثِ하디θ시 تَعْجَبُونَ타으자분
Do you then marvel at this message,
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وَتَضْحَكُونَ와타드하쿠나 وَلَا왈라 تَبْكُونَ탑쿤
and laugh and do not weep,
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وَأَنْتُمْ와안툼 سَامِدُونَ사미둔
while you are heedlessly amusing yourselves?
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فَاسْجُدُواf파스주두 لِلَّهِ릴라히 وَاعْبُدُوا와으부두 ۩
So prostrate yourselves to God and worship [Him].