Quran chapter 53 surah 53.

No person shall bear the sin of another person (Quran 53:38).

A person only earns punishment or reward from Allaah for what they themselves have done (Quran 53:39).

Updated.

21 May 2021 (1442 AH).

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Quran chapter 53.

Quran surah 53.

Quran sura 53.

Koran chapter 53.

Koran surah 53.

Koran sura 53.

Prophet Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hadhrat Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hadrat Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hajarat Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hajrat Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hazarat Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hazrat Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Hazrate Muhammad saw the greatest signs of Allaah.

Angel Gabraiel.

Angel Jibril.

The night journey and ascension to heaven.

See Quran 53:1 – 53:18

Are angels male or female?

Are angels male or female in the Torah?

Are angels male or female in the Taurat?

Are angels male or female in the Gospel?

Are angels male or female in the Injil?

Are angels male or female in the Quran?

Are angels male or female in the Koran?

See Quran 53:27

Allaah does not remove sin by killing an innocent person.

Allaah does not remove sin by killing innocent people.

See Quran 53:38 – 53:39 comment.


Information: The Quran chapter 53.

Order of Revelation: 23 (1 is the first revelation and 114 is the last revelation).

Place of Revelation: Mecca (Makkah Arabia today Saudi Arabia).

Number of Verses: 62 verses.

The Quran.

Chapter 53

The Star (An-Najm).

English interpretations of the Quran.

The Quran Chapter 53 The Star (An-Najm, Al-Najm, Najm, The Stars) in English.

Chapter : Verse.

(Information in brackets is added to assist readers in the interpretation of the verse).

Quran 53:0 Koran 53:0 Verse 53:0 Ayah 53:0 Ayat 53:0 Aya 53:0 In the name of Allaah, The Most Kind, The Most Merciful.

Quran 53:1 Koran 53:1 Verse 53:1 Ayah 53:1 Ayat 53:1 Aya 53:1 (I Allaah swear) by (something you can see that Allaah created which is) the Star when it sets (at day break, at sunrise, that) –-

Comment 1. Allaah swears sometimes by His name and sometimes by His creations.

Quran 69:38 Verse 69:38 So I (Allaah) swear by what you (humans and jinn) see.

Quran 69:39 Verse 69:39 And by what you (humans and jinn) do not see.

Torah Genesis 22:16 and said: 'By Myself have I sworn, said the LORD (Allaah) …”

Note 1. Allaah swears by his name in the Torah Taurat and sometimes swears by his name in the Quran.

Note 2. In the Quran Allaah also swears by what humans can see with their eyes because the stone idol worshippers only believed in what their eyes can see.

Quran 53:2 Koran 53:2 Verse 53:2 Ayah 53:2 Ayat 53:2 Aya 53:2 Your Companion (Prophet Muhammad) has not gone astray or made a mistake (in his belief in Allaah).

Quran 53:3 Koran 53:3 Verse 53:3 Ayah 53:3 Ayat 53:3 Aya 53:3 Nor does he (Prophet Muhammad) speak from (his own) desire.

Quran 53:4 Koran 53:4 Verse 53:4 Ayah 53:4 Ayat 53:4 Aya 53:4 It (the Quran) is nothing but revealed revelation.

Quran 53:5 Koran 53:5 Verse 53:5 Ayah 53:5 Ayat 53:5 Aya 53:5 That one with great powers (The Trustworthy Spirit meaning the Holy Spirit Angel Gabriel Jibril) has taught him (Prophet Muhammad) –

Comment 1. Angel Gabriel Jibril.

Quran 53:6 Koran 53:6 Verse 53:6 Ayah 53:6 Ayat 53:6 Aya 53:6 (Angel Gabriel Jibril is) the owner of power (decreed by Allaah) and (is the one) who appeared (in his true form as an angel, a body with wings).

Quran 53:7 Koran 53:7 Verse 53:7 Ayah 53:7 Ayat 53:7 Aya 53:7 When he (Angel Gabriel Jibril) was high above the horizon.

Quran 53:8 Koran 53:8 Verse 53:8 Ayah 53:8 Ayat 53:8 Aya 53:8 He (Angel Gabriel Jibril) approached and came down (from the sky).

Quran 53:9 Koran 53:9 Verse 53:9 Ayah 53:9 Ayat 53:9 Aya 53:9 And (Angel Gabriel Jibril) was only two bow lengths (away, a bow is used for shooting arrows) or closer (to Prophet Muhammad).

Quran 53:10 Koran 53:10 Verse 53:10 Ayah 53:10 Ayat 53:10 Aya 53:10 And he (Angel Gabriel Jibril) revealed to His (Allaah’s) servant (Prophet Muhammad) what he (Angel Gabriel) revealed (by Allaah’s command).

Quran 53:11 Koran 53:11 Verse 53:11 Ayah 53:11 Ayat 53:11 Aya 53:11 The heart (of Prophet Muhammad) did not deceive (Prophet Muhammad) in what it perceived (from Angel Gabriel Jibril).

Quran 53:12 Koran 53:12 Verse 53:12 Ayah 53:12 Ayat 53:12 Aya 53:12 Shall you then dispute with him (Prophet Muhammad) about what he saw (and heard)?

Quran 53:13 Koran 53:13 Verse 53:13 Ayah 53:13 Ayat 53:13 Aya 53:13 And certainly he (Prophet Muhammad) saw him (Angel Gabriel Jibril) come down (from the sky) at another time –

Quran 53:14 Koran 53:14 Verse 53:14 Ayah 53:14 Ayat 53:14 Aya 53:14near the Lote tree (marking) the farthest boundary (beyond which no creation may pass) –

Quran 53:15 Koran 53:15 Verse 53:15 Ayah 53:15 Ayat 53:15 Aya 53:15near it (the Lote tree) is the garden of residence (in Paradise Jannah) – (Continued in Quran 53:16).

Quran 53:16 Koran 53:16 Verse 53:16 Ayah 53:16 Ayat 53:16 Aya 53:16 (Anything in the presence of Allaah is Holy and in the Gospel of Luke 1:19 Angel Gabriel Jibril is the one who stands in the presence of Allaah meaning Angel Gabriel Jibril is the Holy Spirit in the Gospel story of Jesus. The Holy Spirit Angel Gabriel Jibril came in the form of a man 2000 years ago to introduce himself to Mary so that Mary will not be afraid when he returns in his true form as a dove meaning a body with wings meaning as the Holy Spirit Angel Gabriel Jibril to deliver the soul of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke 1:35 and this soul is delivered in Quran 4:171, Quran 21:91 and Quran 66:12. Prophet Muhammad saw the Holy Spirit Angel Gabriel Jibril in his true form which is like "a dove" meaning like a bird meaning “a body with wings” meaning “an angel” as described in the Gospel of Mark 1:10, Gospel of Matthew 3:16, Gospel of Luke 3:22, Gospel of John 1:32, Quran 2:97, Quran 16:102 and Quran 53:4 – 53:5. Prophet Muhammad was shown the true form of the Holy Spirit Angel Gabriel Jibril) when what covers (which is “a dove” meaning a body with wings meaning an angel) covered the lote-tree (marking the farthest boundary beyond which no creation may pass. At this point Angel Gabriel Jibril stands in the presence of Allaah meaning Prophet Muhammad was in the presence of Allaah meaning Prophet Muhammad is the “Holy Prophet” in the same way as Angel Gabriel Jibril is the “Holy Spirit” meaning they both stood in the presence of Allaah). –

Quran 53:17 Koran 53:17 Verse 53:17 Ayah 53:17 Ayat 53:17 Aya 53:17 The sight (of Prophet Muhammad) did not turn away (meaning his eyes did not change direction which is what happens during sleep) nor did it (his sight) exceed its limit (to see anything that Allaah had not decreed Prophet Muhammad to see. This describes the vision meaning the dream a human can see when the soul is raised by Allaah iduring sleep n Quran 6:60 and Quran 39:42 “Allaah is the one who takes your souls at night” as explained in Quran 17:60 comments. This understanding of Quran 17:1 and Quran 17:60 and Quran 53:17 is confirmed by Quran 6:60 and Quran 39:42 which show that Allaah does not raise the physical human body to Himself or to heaven. Only the soul is raised by Allaah to Himself or to heaven. The physical human body is designed for life and death on the earth. The soul is designed for life with Allaah and in heaven during sleep and after death. On the Day of Resurrection in the hereafter on a new earth meaning a new land, a new ground, the soul will be given a new physical body that can feel reward or punishment and every human will testify that death felt like nothing but a one hour sleep or a ten hour sleep or a sleep during part of a morning or part of an afternoon and no one will say that death felt like anything more than sleeping for part of one morning or part of one afternoon. Since death for every human will feel like nothing but sleeping for part of one day no one will know how long it really was between the time of their death and the time of the Day of Resurrection. See Quran 2:259, Quran 18:19, Quran 18:21, Quran 20:103, Quran 20:104, Quran 23:113, Quran 30:55, Quran 46:35 and Quran 79:46 here https://sites.google.com/site/islamandthequran/hadith-punishment-in-the-grave )

Comment 1. The night journey and ascension to heaven of Prophet Muhammad.

In the same way as Allaah gave visions to the prophets of the past Allaah in Quran 17:60 describes the night journey and ascension to heaven of Prophet Muhammad as a vision given to Prophet Muhammad to show the greatest signs of Allaah in Quran 53:18 including the signs of Allaah in Hell Jahannam in Quran 17:60 and the signs of Allaah in Paradise Jannah in Quran 53:13 – 53:18 and the signs of Allaah in the Lote tree marking the farthest boundary beyond which no creation may pass and is one of the places where creations are said to “stand in the presence of Allaah” in Quran 53:16 and the signs of Allaah in Jerusalem Al-Quds whose surroundings Allaah has blessed as the Holy land of Palestine and Israel in Quran 17:1.

Did Prophet Muhammad visit Jerusalem Al-Quds physically or in a vision dream in Quran 17:1?

See Quran 17:1 and Quran 17:60 in Quran chapter 17.

Quran 53:18 Koran 53:18 Verse 53:18 Ayah 53:18 Ayat 53:18 Aya 53:18 Certainly he (Prophet Muhammad) saw the greatest signs of his Lord (Allaah when Prophet Muhammad was permitted to see Hell Jahannam in Quran 17:60 and Paradise Jannah in Quran 53:13 – 53:18 and the Lote tree marking the farthest boundary beyond which no creation may pass and is one of the places where creations are said to “stand in the presence of Allaah” in Quran 53:16).

Quran 53:19 Koran 53:19 Verse 53:19 Ayah 53:19 Ayat 53:19 Aya 53:19 Have you thought about Lat and Uzza (the two goddess idols to whom the stone idol worshippers in Makkah prayed),

Quran 53:20 Koran 53:20 Verse 53:20 Ayah 53:20 Ayat 53:20 Aya 53:20 And the third one, Manat? (the third of the goddess idols to whom the stone idol worshippers in Makkah prayed)?

Quran 53:21 Koran 53:21 Verse 53:21 Ayah 53:21 Ayat 53:21 Aya 53:21 Is the (child who is born) male for you (to keep) and the (child who is born) female (for sacrifice by burying her alive) for him (your stone idol gods)?

Quran 53:22 Koran 53:22 Verse 53:22 Ayah 53:22 Ayat 53:22 Aya 53:22 (To keep your male child for yourself and to bury alive your female child as an offering to your stone idol gods) is indeed an unfair division (for you to do because) -

Quran 53:23 Koran 53:23 Verse 53:23 Ayah 53:23 Ayat 53:23 Aya 53:23 They (your stone idol gods named Lat and Uzza and Manat) are only names that you have named, you and your fathers and for which Allaah has sent no authority (for you to do). They (the stone idol worshippers in Makkah) follow only speculation and their desire (for their children to be born male). Now guidance from their Lord (Allaah) has come to them (the stone idol worshippers in Makkah Arabia forbidding the killing of new born female babies who they bury alive as an offering to their stone idols).

Comment 1. On the day of Judgement the innocent shall testify against their killer.

Quran 16:59 Verse 16:59 They (the stone idol worshipper of Mecca Makkah Arabia) hide them self from the people because of the bad news (of the birth of a female baby, asking them self), Shall I keep (the female baby) in humiliation or bury it (alive) in the ground. Their judgment (to bury alive unwanted female babies) is truly evil.

Quran 17:40 Verse 17:40 Has your Lord (Allaah) preferred for you (the idol worshippers of Mecca Arabia today Makkah Saudi Arabia) sons (whom you desire), and then (while you hate to have daughters you say that Allaah has) taken (adopted) for Himself daughters from among the angels. Certainly what you say is a terrible saying (against Allaah).

Quran 81:9 Verse 81:9 “For what crime were you (the baby girl) killed? (The baby girl shall say in the hereafter, “They killed me on the earth without a just reason”).

Quran 53:24 Koran 53:24 Verse 53:24 Ayah 53:24 Ayat 53:24 Aya 53:24 Or shall people have (and do and say) whatever they wish?

Quran 53:25 Koran 53:25 Verse 53:25 Ayah 53:25 Ayat 53:25 Aya 53:25 To Allaah belongs the end and the beginning (of all things because everything belongs to Allaah).

Quran 53:26 Koran 53:26 Verse 53:26 Ayah 53:26 Ayat 53:26 Aya 53:26 And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession shall not be of any help except after Allaah has permitted (intercession) to whomever He (Allaah) wills and approves (on the Day of judgement in the Hereafter).

Quran 53:27 Koran 53:27 Verse 53:27 Ayah 53:27 Ayat 53:27 Aya 53:27 Those (stone idol worshippers in Makkah) who disbelieve in the Hereafter name the angels with female names.

Comment 1. Are angels male or female?

All angels are created by Allaah in the form of a male.

In the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Scriptures angels are never called she, her or hers.

In the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Scriptures angels are always called he, him or his.

Quran 53:28 Koran 53:28 Verse 53:28 Ayah 53:28 Ayat 53:28 Aya 53:28 And they (the stone idol worshippers in Makkah) have no knowledge of it (when they say angels are female). They follow only speculation and speculation cannot replace the truth.

Comment 1. See Quran 53:27 comments.

Quran 53:29 Koran 53:29 Verse 53:29 Ayah 53:29 Ayat 53:29 Aya 53:29 So turn away (Prophet Muhammad) from those who turn away from Our (Allaah’s) message and who only desire the life of the world.

Quran 53:30 Koran 53:30 Verse 53:30 Ayah 53:30 Ayat 53:30 Aya 53:30 (Turn away from them because you Prophet Muhammad can give them no more knowledge about Allaah because) that (which they have) is the limit of their knowledge. Your Lord (Allaah) knows who strays away from Him (Allaah) and who is correctly guided.

Quran 53:31 Koran 53:31 Verse 53:31 Ayah 53:31 Ayat 53:31 Aya 53:31 And to Allaah belong whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth such that He (Allaah) may reward those who do evil with (punishment in Hell Jahannam for) what they have done and reward those who do good with what is best (in Paradise Jannah).

Quran 53:32 Koran 53:32 Verse 53:32 Ayah 53:32 Ayat 53:32 Aya 53:32 Your Lord (Allaah) has much forgiveness for those who avoid great sins and immorality except the small faults. He (Allaah) knows you well because He (Allaah) created you from the earth and as fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not say you are pure (of sin). He (Allaah) knows best who fears Him (Allaah. Meaning Allaah knows best who is righteous and who is an evil doer).

Quran 53:33 Koran 53:33 Verse 53:33 Ayah 53:33 Ayat 53:33 Aya 53:33 Have you (Prophet Muhammad) seen the person who turns away (from Allaah)?

Quran 53:34 Koran 53:34 Verse 53:34 Ayah 53:34 Ayat 53:34 Aya 53:34 And gave a little (when asked) and then harden (against giving any more, turning away from belief in Allaah).

Quran 53:35 Koran 53:35 Verse 53:35 Ayah 53:35 Ayat 53:35 Aya 53:35 Does such a person have knowledge of the Unseen so that they see (meaning, so that they understand the truth about Allaah)?

Quran 53:36 Koran 53:36 Verse 53:36 Ayah 53:36 Ayat 53:36 Aya 53:36 Or has such a person not had news of what is in the Scriptures of Prophet Moses Musa (in the Torah Taurat which contain the truth from Allaah)?

Quran 53:37 Koran 53:37 Verse 53:37 Ayah 53:37 Ayat 53:37 Aya 53:37 And of Prophet Abraham Ibrahim who fulfilled (his obligations to Allaah by conveying the word of Allaah to his people and to his children telling them) – (Continued in Quran 53:38 – 53:55).

Quran 53:38 Koran 53:38 Verse 53:38 Ayah 53:38 Ayat 53:38 Aya 53:38 That no person shall bear the burden (sin) of another person.

Comment 1. Allaah does not remove sin by killing an innocent person.

Quran 81:8 Verse 81:8 And when the (new born) baby girl that was buried alive (as was the custom among the stone idol worshippers in Makkah Arabia today Saudi Arabia) is asked (in the hereafter), -

Quran 81:9 Verse 81:9 “For what crime were you (the baby girl) killed? (The baby girl shall say in the hereafter, “They killed me on the earth without a just reason”).

Quran 53:39 Koran 53:39 Verse 53:39 Ayah 53:39 Ayat 53:39 Aya 53:39 And that a person only earns (punishment or reward from Allaah for) what they themselves have done.

Comment 1. Allaah does not remove sin by killing innocent people.

Quran 81:8 Verse 81:8 And when the (new born) baby girl that was buried alive (as was the custom among the stone idol worshippers in Makkah Arabia today Saudi Arabia) is asked (in the hereafter), -

Quran 81:9 Verse 81:9 “For what crime were you (the baby girl) killed? (The baby girl shall say in the hereafter, “They killed me on the earth without a just reason”).

Quran 53:40 Koran 53:40 Verse 53:40 Ayah 53:40 Ayat 53:40 Aya 53:40 And their effort (in this life) shall be recognised.

Quran 53:41 Koran 53:41 Verse 53:41 Ayah 53:41 Ayat 53:41 Aya 53:41 And they shall be fully rewarded (in the Hereafter).

Quran 53:42 Koran 53:42 Verse 53:42 Ayah 53:42 Ayat 53:42 Aya 53:42 And to their Lord (Allaah) is the final goal (when they return to Allaah on the Day of resurrection and judgement).

Quran 53:43 Koran 53:43 Verse 53:43 Ayah 53:43 Ayat 53:43 Aya 53:43 And that it is He (Allaah) who makes (a person) laugh and cry.

Quran 53:44 Koran 53:44 Verse 53:44 Ayah 53:44 Ayat 53:44 Aya 53:44 And that it is He (Allaah) who causes death and gives life.

Quran 53:45 Koran 53:45 Verse 53:45 Ayah 53:45 Ayat 53:45 Aya 53:45 And that it is He (Allaah) who creates two mates, male and female.

Quran 53:46 Koran 53:46 Verse 53:46 Ayah 53:46 Ayat 53:46 Aya 53:46 From an ejected drop of sperm.

Quran 53:47 Koran 53:47 Verse 53:47 Ayah 53:47 Ayat 53:47 Aya 53:47 And promised by Him (Allaah) is the other creation (in the Hereafter).

Quran 53:48 Koran 53:48 Verse 53:48 Ayah 53:48 Ayat 53:48 Aya 53:48 And that it is He (Allaah) who gives enrichment and contentment.

Quran 53:49 Koran 53:49 Verse 53:49 Ayah 53:49 Ayat 53:49 Aya 53:49 And that it is He (Allaah) who is the Lord of Sirius (the brightest star in the night sky worshipped by some Arabs as an idol)

Quran 53:50 Koran 53:50 Verse 53:50 Ayah 53:50 Ayat 53:50 Aya 53:50 And that it is He (Allaah) who destroyed the earlier people of A’ad.

Quran 53:51 Koran 53:51 Verse 53:51 Ayah 53:51 Ayat 53:51 Aya 53:51 And He (Allaah) did not spare (the people of) Thamud.

Quran 53:52 Koran 53:52 Verse 53:52 Ayah 53:52 Ayat 53:52 Aya 53:52 And in the past the people of Prophet Noah Nuh were more unjust and more rebellious (to Allaah so a great flood was their punishment in their time).

Quran 53:53 Koran 53:53 Verse 53:53 Ayah 53:53 Ayat 53:53 Aya 53:53 And He (Allaah) destroyed the overturned the cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah).

Quran 53:54 Koran 53:54 Verse 53:54 Ayah 53:54 Ayat 53:54 Aya 53:54 So that they (Sodom and Gomorrah) are covered up (by stone rubble).

Quran 53:55 Koran 53:55 Verse 53:55 Ayah 53:55 Ayat 53:55 Aya 53:55 Which of the favours of (the many blessings that have come to you from) Allaah do you doubt (are from Allaah to you)?

Quran 53:56 Koran 53:56 Verse 53:56 Ayah 53:56 Ayat 53:56 Aya 53:56 This (Prophet Muhammad) is a warner like the warners of the past.

Quran 53:57 Koran 53:57 Verse 53:57 Ayah 53:57 Ayat 53:57 Aya 53:57 The approaching Day (of Resurrection and Judgement) is near.

Comment 1. The Day of Resurrection.

Quran 79:46 Verse 79:46 On the day they see it (the Day of Resurrection), it shall be as if they (each human) had not stayed (sleeping in death) except for an evening or a morning.

Comment 2. Punishment in the grave contradicts the Quran.

See Quran 25:30 comments with examples of hadith stories which contradict the teachings of Allaah in Quran chapter 25.

Quran 53:58 Koran 53:58 Verse 53:58 Ayah 53:58 Ayat 53:58 Aya 53:58 No one but Allaah can remove (your sins on the Day of Judgement).

Quran 53:59 Koran 53:59 Verse 53:59 Ayah 53:59 Ayat 53:59 Aya 53:59 Do you think about this announcement (of the Day of Judgement)? -

Quran 53:60 Koran 53:60 Verse 53:60 Ayah 53:60 Ayat 53:60 Aya 53:60 And laugh (in disbelief of Allaah) and not weep (in fear of punishment from Allaah)?

Quran 53:61 Koran 53:61 Verse 53:61 Ayah 53:61 Ayat 53:61 Aya 53:61 While you are arrogant (thinking only about yourself)?

Quran 53:62 Koran 53:62 Verse 53:62 Ayah 53:62 Ayat 53:62 Aya 53:62 Instead prostrate (in obediance to the command of Allaah to do goodness on the Earth and avoid evil) and worship (Allaah who is the creator of every creation).



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