and great perfection, who once rose to ˹his˺ true form1
53:7 - An-Najm
Verse 7
وَهُوَبِٱلۡأُفُقِٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ٧
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while on the highest point above the horizon,
53:8 - An-Najm
Verse 8
ثُمَّدَنَافَتَدَلَّىٰ٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
then he approached ˹the Prophet˺, coming so close
53:9 - An-Najm
Verse 9
فَكَانَقَابَقَوۡسَيۡنِأَوۡأَدۡنَىٰ٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
that he was only two arms-lengths away or even less.1
53:10 - An-Najm
Verse 10
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓإِلَىٰعَبۡدِهِۦمَآأَوۡحَىٰ١٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then Allah revealed to His servant what He revealed ˹through Gabriel˺.
53:11 - An-Najm
Verse 11
مَاكَذَبَٱلۡفُؤَادُمَارَأَىٰٓ١١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The ˹Prophet’s˺ heart did not doubt what he saw.
53:12 - An-Najm
Verse 12
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥعَلَىٰمَايَرَىٰ١٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
How can you ˹O pagans˺ then dispute with him regarding what he saw?
53:13 - An-Najm
Verse 13
وَلَقَدۡرَءَاهُنَزۡلَةًأُخۡرَىٰ١٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And he certainly saw that ˹angel descend˺ a second time
53:14 - An-Najm
Verse 14
عِندَسِدۡرَةِٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ١٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
at the Lote Tree of the most extreme limit ˹in the seventh heaven˺—
53:15 - An-Najm
Verse 15
عِندَهَاجَنَّةُٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ١٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
near which is the Garden of ˹Eternal˺ Residence—
53:16 - An-Najm
Verse 16
إِذۡيَغۡشَىٱلسِّدۡرَةَمَايَغۡشَىٰ١٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!
53:17 - An-Najm
Verse 17
مَازَاغَٱلۡبَصَرُوَمَاطَغَىٰ١٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The ˹Prophet’s˺ sight never wandered, nor did it overreach.
53:18 - An-Najm
Verse 18
لَقَدۡرَأَىٰمِنۡءَايَٰتِرَبِّهِٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ١٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He certainly saw some of his Lord’s greatest signs.1
About ayah topics
Each verse can be associated with multiple topics across all three categories: ontological, thematic, and general.
The topics are organized hierarchically, meaning each topic may have parent topics and child
topics.
Database structure
The QUL exports ayah topics data as a SQLite database with the following structure:
topic_id:
Unique identifier for the topic
topic_name:
The English name of the topic
arabic_name:
The Arabic name or transliteration of the topic (if available)
verse_key:
The verse identifier in format "chapter:verse" (e.g., "2:255")
is_ontology:
Boolean indicating if this is an ontology topic
is_thematic:
Boolean indicating if this is a thematic topic
parent_topic_id:
ID of the parent topic (for hierarchical organization)
description:
Detailed description of what the topic encompasses