English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran (2010)
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Chapter 53: An-Najm — The Star (Revealed at Makkah: 3 sections, 62 verses)
Section 3 (Verses 53:33–53:62): Allah’s Power Manifested in Destroying Falsehood
Translation:
اَفَرَءَیۡتَ الَّذِیۡ تَوَلّٰی ﴿ۙ۳۳﴾
53:33 Have you seen him who turns back,
وَ اَعۡطٰی قَلِیۡلًا وَّ اَکۡدٰی ﴿۳۴﴾
53:34 and gives a little, then withholds?
اَعِنۡدَہٗ عِلۡمُ الۡغَیۡبِ فَہُوَ یَرٰی ﴿۳۵﴾
53:35 Does he have the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
اَمۡ لَمۡ یُنَبَّاۡ بِمَا فِیۡ صُحُفِ مُوۡسٰی ﴿ۙ۳۶﴾
53:36 Or has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses,
وَ اِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ الَّذِیۡ وَفّٰۤی ﴿ۙ۳۷﴾
53:37 and (of) Abraham who fulfilled (commandments)?
اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَۃٌ وِّزۡرَ اُخۡرٰی ﴿ۙ۳۸﴾
53:38 — that no bearer of burden bears another’s burden,
وَ اَنۡ لَّیۡسَ لِلۡاِنۡسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰی ﴿ۙ۳۹﴾
53:39 and that man can have nothing but what he strives for,
وَ اَنَّ سَعۡیَہٗ سَوۡفَ یُرٰی ﴿۪۴۰﴾
53:40 and that his striving will soon be seen,
ثُمَّ یُجۡزٰىہُ الۡجَزَآءَ الۡاَوۡفٰی ﴿ۙ۴۱﴾
53:41 then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward,
وَ اَنَّ اِلٰی رَبِّکَ الۡمُنۡتَہٰی ﴿ۙ۴۲﴾
53:42 and that to your Lord is the goal,
وَ اَنَّہٗ ہُوَ اَضۡحَکَ وَ اَبۡکٰی ﴿ۙ۴۳﴾
53:43 and that He it is Who makes (people) laugh and makes (them) weep,
وَ اَنَّہٗ ہُوَ اَمَاتَ وَ اَحۡیَا ﴿ۙ۴۴﴾
53:44 and that He it is Who causes death and gives life,
وَ اَنَّہٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوۡجَیۡنِ الذَّکَرَ وَ الۡاُنۡثٰی ﴿ۙ۴۵﴾
53:45 and that He creates pairs, the male and the female
مِنۡ نُّطۡفَۃٍ اِذَا تُمۡنٰی ﴿۪۴۶﴾
53:46 from the small life-germ when it is adapted,
وَ اَنَّ عَلَیۡہِ النَّشۡاَۃَ الۡاُخۡرٰی ﴿ۙ۴۷﴾
53:47 and that He has ordained the second bringing forth,
وَ اَنَّہٗ ہُوَ اَغۡنٰی وَ اَقۡنٰی ﴿ۙ۴۸﴾
53:48 and that He it is Who gives wealth and contentment,
وَ اَنَّہٗ ہُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعۡرٰی ﴿ۙ۴۹﴾
53:49 and that He is the Lord of Sirius,
وَ اَنَّہٗۤ اَہۡلَکَ عَادَۨ ا الۡاُوۡلٰی ﴿ۙ۵۰﴾
53:50 and that He destroyed the first Ād,1
وَ ثَمُوۡدَا۠ فَمَاۤ اَبۡقٰی ﴿ۙ۵۱﴾
53:51 and Thamūd, so He did not spare,
وَ قَوۡمَ نُوۡحٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلُ ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا ہُمۡ اَظۡلَمَ وَ اَطۡغٰی ﴿ؕ۵۲﴾
53:52 and the people of Noah before, surely they were most unjust and inordinate,
وَ الۡمُؤۡتَفِکَۃَ اَہۡوٰی ﴿ۙ۵۳﴾
53:53 and the overthrown cities, He hurled down,
فَغَشّٰہَا مَا غَشّٰی ﴿ۚ۵۴﴾
53:54 so there covered them that (punishment) which covered.
فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّکَ تَتَمَارٰی ﴿۵۵﴾
53:55 Which, then, of your Lord’s benefits will you dispute?
ہٰذَا نَذِیۡرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الۡاُوۡلٰی ﴿۵۶﴾
53:56 This is a warner like the earlier warners.
اَزِفَتِ الۡاٰزِفَۃُ ﴿ۚ۵۷﴾
53:57 The near Event draws nearer.2
لَیۡسَ لَہَا مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ کَاشِفَۃٌ ﴿ؕ۵۸﴾
53:58 There is none besides Allah to remove it.
اَفَمِنۡ ہٰذَا الۡحَدِیۡثِ تَعۡجَبُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۵۹﴾
53:59 Do you wonder then at this announcement?
وَ تَضۡحَکُوۡنَ وَ لَا تَبۡکُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۶۰﴾
53:60 And do you laugh and not weep,
وَ اَنۡتُمۡ سٰمِدُوۡنَ ﴿۶۱﴾
53:61 while you sport?
فَاسۡجُدُوۡا لِلّٰہِ وَ اعۡبُدُوۡا ﴿٪ٛ۶۲﴾
53:62 So bow down in prostration before Allah and serve (Him).Prostration