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Surah An-Najm, Verse 7

سورة النجم، الآية ٧

53:7 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 526 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 53:7

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٧

Transliteration

wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿlā

Translation

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.¹⁵⁶⁴

Notes

[1564] i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.

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Verse 7 of Surah An-Najm (53:7), 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 7

Al-Mukhtasar

Whilst he was on the highest horizon.

Tafsir of the whole Surah An-Najm

Other translations of verse 7

when he was on the higher horizon⁴.

Notes

[4] i.e., above the eastern horizon in the sky where the sun rises.

While he [Jibrîl (Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon, (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

When he was on the uppermost horizon.

While he was in the highest part of the horizon:

And he is in the highest part of the horizon.

(When) he was on the most exalted horizon.

Verse 7 word by word

وَهُوَ wahuwa While he
بِٱلْأُفُقِ bil-ufuqi (was) in the horizon أ ف ق
ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ l-aʿlā the highest ع ل و

Hadiths that cite this verse

2 hadiths cite this verse; their text is in Arabic.

Verses related to verse 7

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

An-Naml 27:67
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

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