النجم

53 - The Stars (Al-Najm)

Order of Revelation: 23

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

Transliteration:

Watadhakoona wala tabkoona

Word by Word:

And you laugh and (do) not weep,

Translations:

And do you laugh instead of weeping,

And will ye laugh and not weep,-

And laugh and not weep,

This is a warner of the warners of old.

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ

Transliteration:

Waantum samidoona

Word by Word:

While you amuse (yourselves)?

Translations:

and divert yourselves all the while?

Wasting your time in vanities?

While ye amuse yourselves?

The near Event draw nigh.

While you are proudly sporting?

فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا

Transliteration:

Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo

Word by Word:

So prostrate to Allah and worship (Him).

Translations:

[Nay,] but prostrate yourselves before God, and worship [Him alone]!

But fall ye down in prostration to God, and adore (Him)!

Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and serve Him.

There is none besides Allah to remove it.

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].