Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the eighth verse of chapter 53 (sūrat l-najm). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (53) sūrat l-najm (The Star)

Sahih International: Then he approached and descended

Pickthall: Then he drew nigh and came down

Yusuf Ali: Then he approached and came closer,

Shakir: Then he drew near, then he bowed

Muhammad Sarwar: He (Gabriel) then came nearer and nearer.

Mohsin Khan: Then he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,

Arberry: then drew near and suspended hung,

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See Also

• Verse (53:8) Morphology - description of each Arabic word