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Surah An-Najm, Verse 20

سورة النجم، الآية ٢٠

53:20 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 526 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 53:20

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'rā

Translation

And Manāt, the third - the other one?1569

Notes

[1569] The 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.

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Verse 20 of Surah An-Najm (53:20), 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 20

Al-Mukhtasar

And Manat, another third one amongst your idols? Tell me do they possess any benefit or harm for him?

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Other translations of verse 20

and Manāt, the third one as well8?

Notes

[8] These were three well-known idols or goddesses worshiped by Arab pagans before the advent of Islam.

And Manât (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third?

And Manat, the third, the other?

And another, the third (goddess), Manat?

And Manat, the third, the last?

And Manat, (These are the names of idols) the third, the other?

Verse 20 word by word

  1. وَمَنَوٰةَ wamanata And Manat م ن ي
  2. ٱلثَّالِثَةَ l-thālithata the third ث ل ث
  3. ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ l-ukh'rā the other أ خ ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4861

I asked `Aisha (regarding the Sai between As Safa and Al-Marwa). She said, "Out of reverence to the idol Manat which was placed in Al-Mushailal, those who used to assume Ihram in its name, used not to perform Sai between As-Safa and Al-Marwa, so Allah revealed: 'Verily! The As-Safa and Al-Marwa…

إِنَّمَا كَانَ مَنْ أَهَلَّ بِمَنَاةَ الطَّاغِيَةِ الَّتِي بِالْمُشَلَّلِ لاَ يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏‏{‏إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ‏}‏ فَطَافَ…

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