سُورَةُ النجم
53. An-Najm
The Star
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ١
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By the star when it descends,
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مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ٢
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Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
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وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ٣
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Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ٤
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It is not but a revelation revealed,
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عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ٥
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Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
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ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ٦
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One of soundness.1562 And he rose to [his] true form1563
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1562i.e., strength of body and of mind.
1563Gabriel appeared to Muḥammad (ﷺ) at the outset of his prophethood in the angelic form in which Allāh originally created him.
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ٧
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While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.1564
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1564i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ٨
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Then he approached and descended
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فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ٩
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And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
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فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ١٠
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And he revealed to His Servant1565 what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
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1565i.e., to the Servant of Allāh, Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ١١
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The heart1566 did not lie [about] what it saw.
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1566i.e., mind or perception (of the Prophet [ﷺ]).
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ١٢
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So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ١٣
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And he certainly saw him in another descent1567
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1567i.e., on another occasion. During his ascent into the heavens (al-Miʿrāj), the Prophet (ﷺ) also saw Gabriel in his true form.
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ١٤
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At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
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عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ١٥
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Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
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إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ١٦
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When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1568
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1568Then and there he (ﷺ) saw Gabriel in angelic form.
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ١٧
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The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
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لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ١٨
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He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
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أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ١٩
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So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
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وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ٢٠
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And Manāt, the third - the other one?1569
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1569The three names given in this and the previous verse are those of well-known "goddesses" which were worshipped by the pagan Arabs before the spread of Islām.
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ٢١
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Is the male for you and for Him the female?
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تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ٢٢
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That, then, is an unjust division.1570
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1570According to their own standards.
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ٢٣
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They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
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أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ٢٤
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Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
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فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ٢٥
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Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
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وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ٢٦
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And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ٢٧
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Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
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وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا٢٨
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And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
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فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا٢٩
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So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.
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ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ٣٠
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That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.
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وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى٣١
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And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ٣٢
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Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.
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أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ٣٣
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Have you seen the one who turned away
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وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ٣٤
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And gave a little and [then] refrained?
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أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ٣٥
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Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?1571
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1571Knows that his provision will be exhausted if he spends on the poor, while Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has promised otherwise.
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ٣٦
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Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses
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وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ٣٧
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And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -
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أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ٣٨
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That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
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وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ٣٩
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And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
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وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ٤٠
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And that his effort is going to be seen -
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ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ٤١
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Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -
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وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ٤٢
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And that to your Lord is the finality
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ٤٣
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And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا٤٤
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And that it is He who causes death and gives life
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وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ٤٥
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And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
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مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ٤٦
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From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
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وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ٤٧
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And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ٤٨
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And that it is He who enriches and suffices
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وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ٤٩
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And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius1572
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1572A star worshipped by some of the pagan Arabs.
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ٥٠
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And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad
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وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ٥١
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And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -
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وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ٥٢
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And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
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وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ٥٣
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And the overturned towns1573 He hurled down
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1573Whose inhabitants defied Prophet Lot.
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ٥٤
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And covered them by that which He covered.1574
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1574i.e., a rain of stones.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ٥٥
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Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
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هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ٥٦
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This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.
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أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ٥٧
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The Approaching Day has approached.
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لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ٥٨
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Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.
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أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ٥٩
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Then at this statement do you wonder?
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وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ٦٠
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And you laugh and do not weep
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وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ٦١
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While you are proudly sporting?1575
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1575Additional meanings are "singing [with expanded chest]," "heedless," or "lost in vain amusements."
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟٦٢
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So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].
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