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Surah An-Najm, Verse 11

سورة النجم، الآية ١١

53:11 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 526 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 53:11

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ۝١١

Transliteration

mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā raā

Translation

The heart1566 did not lie [about] what it saw.

Notes

[1566] i.e., mind or perception (of the Prophet [ﷺ]).

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Verse 11 of Surah An-Najm (53:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 526 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 11

Al-Mukhtasar

The heart of Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not lie about what his eye saw.

Tafsir of the whole Surah An-Najm

Other translations of verse 11

The [Prophet’s] heart6 did not deny what he saw.

Notes

[6] i.e., his mind or perception.

The (Prophet’s) heart lied not in what he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw.

The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.

The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.

The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.

In no way did the heart-sight lie (about) what it saw.

Verse 11 word by word

  1. مَا mā Not
  2. كَذَبَ kadhaba lied ك ذ ب
  3. ٱلْفُؤَادُ l-fuādu the heart ف أ د
  4. مَا mā what
  5. رَأَىٰٓ raā it saw ر أ ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3283

from 'Abdullah (regarding the Ayah): The heart lied not in what he saw (53:11). He said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw Jibra'il in a Hullah (dress normally made up of two pieces) of Rafraf filling what is between the heavens and the earth."

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جِبْرِيلَ فِي حُلَّةٍ مِنْ رَفْرَفٍ قَدْ مَلأَ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ ‏

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Verses related to verse 11

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-An’am 6:103

    لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Aware.

  • Luqman 31:34

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ

    Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

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