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Ash-Shūra 42:51

۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحۡيًا أَوۡ مِن وَرَآيِٕ حِجَابٍ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ رَسُولٗا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٞ ٥١

And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise.

An-Najm 53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

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

An-Najm 53:3

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ ٣

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

An-Najm 53:4

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ ٤

It is not but a revelation revealed,

An-Najm 53:5

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ٥

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

An-Najm 53:6

ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦

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

An-Najm 53:7

وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧

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

An-Najm 53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Then he approached and descended

An-Najm 53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩

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

An-Najm 53:10

فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

An-Najm 53:11

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.