An-Najm (النجم)

Verse 24 of 62

Chapter 53 - The Star

24

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

Am lil insaani maa taman naa

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Quran 53:24 - Surah An-Najm

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Surrounding Verses

22

تِلْكَ إِذًۭا قِسْمَةٌۭ ضِيزَىٰٓ

That, then, is an unjust division.

23

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

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.

24

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

25

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

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

26

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

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.