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Surah An-Najm, Verse 17

سورة النجم، الآية ١٧

53:17 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 526 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 53:17

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

Transliteration

mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭaghā

Translation

The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

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Verse 17 of Surah An-Najm (53:17), 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 17

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The eye of Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not swerve left or right, nor did it trespass what was fixed for it.

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Other translations of verse 17

His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit.

The sight (of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed beyond the limit (ordained for it).

The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.

(His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!

The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.

In no way did (his) beholding (i.e., the eyesight) swerve, and in no way was it inordinate.

Verse 17 word by word

مَا mā Not
زَاغَ zāgha swerved ز ي غ
ٱلْبَصَرُ l-baṣaru the sight ب ص ر
وَمَا wamā and not
طَغَىٰ ṭaghā it transgressed ط غ ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Musnad Ahmad 3670

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