Surah An-Najm
Quran 53:8
Read Quran 53:8 from Surah An-Najm (The Star) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 53:8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ٨
Then he drew nigh and came down
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 53. An-Najm (The Star)
- Ayah
- 8 of 62
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 53:8
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 53:8
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ ثُمَّ دَنَا } جبريل من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، لإيصال الوحي إليه. { فَتَدَلَّى } عليه من الأفق الأعلى