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An-Najm · 53:8

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ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

Then he approached and descended

Surah An-Najm (The Star) · 53:8
Translation: Sahih International. Qur'an text: Uthmani script (The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, quranenc.com), distributed via quran-json.
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  1. عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ

    53:5Taught to him by one intense in strength

  2. ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ

    53:6One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

  3. وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ

    53:7While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon

  4. ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

    53:8Then he approached and descended

  5. فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

    53:9And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer

  6. فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ

    53:10And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed

  7. مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

    53:11The heart did not lie [about] what it saw

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