Text of verse 53:8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨
Transliteration
thumma danā fatadallā
Translation
Then he approached and descended
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah An-Najm, Verse 8
سورة النجم، الآية ٨
Verse 8 of Surah An-Najm (53:8), 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 8
Al-Mukhtasar
Then Gabriel (peace be upon him) came close to the Prophet (peace be upon him), then he came even closer.
Other translations of verse 8
Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended,
Then he [Jibrîl (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,
Then he drew nigh and came down
Then he approached and came closer,
Then he drew near, then he bowed
Thereafter he (came) within reach, then hung suspended,
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Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3235
I asked Aisha "What about His Statement:-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and…
ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ، وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ، فَسَدَّ الأُفُقَ.
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Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 177d
I said to 'A'isha: What about the words of Allah:" Then he drew nigh and came down, so he was at a distance of two bows or closer still: so He revealed to His servant what He revealed" (al-Qur'an, liii. 8-10)? She said: It implies Gabriel. He used to come to him (the Holy Prophet) in the shape of…
جِبْرِيلُ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرِّجَالِ وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةِ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ فَسَدَّ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ .