Surat An-Najm (The Star) - سورة النجم

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

53:1

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Sahih International

By the star when it descends,

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

By the Star — the constellation Pleiades (al-thurayya) — when it sets, [when] it disappears,

53:2

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Sahih International

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

your companion, Muhammad (s), may God bless him and grant him peace, has neither gone astray, from the path of guidance, nor has he erred, nor has he engaged in error (al-ghayy is ignorance that results from a false belief);

53:3

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Sahih International

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

nor does he, in regard to what he brings you, speak out of [his own] desire, [out of] the whims of his soul.

53:4

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Sahih International

It is not but a revelation revealed,

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

It is but a revelation that is revealed, to him,

53:5

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Sahih International

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

it is, taught to him by, an angel, one of awesome power,

53:6

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Sahih International

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

possessed of vigour, of strength and might (or [alternatively it, dhū mirratin, means] possessed of a beautiful appearance), namely, Gabriel, peace be upon him; and he stood upright, he settled,

53:7

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Sahih International

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

when he was on the highest horizon, the horizon of the sun, that is to say, at the place from which it rises, in the form in which he [Gabriel] was created, so that the Prophet (s) saw him; he [the Prophet] had been at [Mount] Hirā’, where Gabriel had obscured the entire horizon to the west. The Prophet fell down swooning, after he had asked him [Gabriel] to show himself to him in the form in which he was created. Thus Gabriel had made a tryst with him at Hirā’, where he came down to him in human form.

53:8

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Sahih International

Then he approached and descended

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Then he drew near, he came close to him, and drew closer still,

53:9

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Sahih International

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

until he was, from him [the Prophet], within the length of two bows away or [even] nearer, than that, until he [the Prophet] had regained consciousness and his fright had subsided,

53:10

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Sahih International

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

whereat He, [God] exalted be He, revealed to His servant, Gabriel, what he, Gabriel, revealed, to the Prophet (s); the thing being revealed is not mentioned [explicitly] in exaltation of its [great] status.

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Surat An-Najm (The Star) - سورة النجم