Surah 53 · verse 24

An-Najm 53:24

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أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

am lil-insan ma tamanna

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 21

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Verse 22

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ

That, then, is an unjust division.

Verse 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 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 24

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Verse 25

فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

Verse 26

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

Verse 27

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,