Surah 53 · verse 22
An-Najm 53:22
Sign in to listenتِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
tilka idhan qismah diza
That, then, is an unjust division.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
Verse 20وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And Manat, the third - the other one?
Verse 21أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
That, then, is an unjust division.
إِنْ 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.
Verse 24أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
Verse 25فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
