Surah 53 · verse 24
An-Najm 53:24
Sign in to listenأَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
am lil-insan ma tamanna
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
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.
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
Verse 26وَكَم 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 27إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ
Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
