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Surah An-Najm, Verse 24

سورة النجم، الآية ٢٤

53:24 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 526 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 53:24

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ۝٢٤

Transliteration

am lil'insāni mā tamannā

Translation

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

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Verse 24 of Surah An-Najm (53:24), 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 24

Al-Mukhtasar

Or will man have what he desired i.e., the idols interceding with Allah?

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Other translations of verse 24

Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for¹⁰?

Notes

[10] The pagans worshiped these idols wishing that they would intercede for them on the Day of Resurrection. See 39:3.

Or shall man have what he wishes?

Or shall man have what he coveteth?

Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after?

Or shall man have what he wishes?

Or even should man have whatever he covets?

Verse 24 word by word

أَمْ am Or
لِلْإِنسَٰنِ lil'insāni (is) for man أ ن س
مَا mā what
تَمَنَّىٰ tamannā he wishes م ن ي

Verses related to verse 24

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

An-Nisa 4:123
لَّيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَآ أَمَانِىِّ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا يُجْزَ بِهِۦ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

It [i.e., Paradise] is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allāh a protector or a helper.

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