Surah 53 · verse 8
An-Najm 53:8
Sign in to listenثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
thumma dana fa-tadalla
Then he approached and descended
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 5Verse 8 Verse 9
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ
Taught to him by one intense in strength -
Verse 6ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
Verse 7وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he approached and descended
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
Verse 10فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.
Verse 11مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
