The Star
53. An-Najm
النجم
Page #526
53:23
إِنْ
هِيَ
إِلَّا
أَسْمَاءٌ
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا
أَنتُمْ
وَآبَاؤُكُم
مَّا
أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ
بِهَا
مِن
سُلْطَانٍ
إِن
يَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
الظَّنَّ
وَمَا
تَهْوَى
الْأَنفُسُ
وَلَقَدْ
جَاءَهُم
مِّن
رَّبِّهِمُ
الْهُدَى
ʾin hiya ʾillā ʾasmāʾun sammaytumūhā ʾantum wa-ʾābāʾukum mā ʾanzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-mā tahwā l-ʾanfusu wa-la-qad jāʾahum min rabbihimu l-hudā
These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even though there has already come to them Guidance from their Lord!
— Abdullah Yusufali
These are but names, which you have coined—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.
