Surah 53 · verse 20
An-Najm 53:20
Sign in to listenوَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
wa-manat ath-thalitat al-ukhra
And Manat, the third - the other one?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
Verse 18لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
Verse 19أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And Manat, the third - the other one?
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
Verse 22تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
That, then, is an unjust division.
Verse 23إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
