The Star
53. An-Najm
النجم
al-Najm (The Star)
ٱلنَّجْم
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 only names given by yourselves and your fathers. God has not given them any authority. They, (unbelievers), only follow mere conjecture and the desires of their souls, even though guidance has already come to them from their Lord.
