53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 1
وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ
Wannajmi itha hawa
By the star when it descends,
- Progressive Muslims
As the star collapsed.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Witness are the Stars that set along a course appointed. (They never misguide you. He Who commands them, commands the Messenger (6:98), (56:75). 'Wa' = And = Consider = Witness = For = By. 'Najm' is singular as well as plural in the form of a galaxy).
- Sam Gerrans
By the star when it descends!
- The Monotheist Group
And as the star fell away.
- Edip-Layth
As the star collapsed.
- Aisha Bewley
By the star when it descends,
- Rashad Khalifa
As the stars fell away.,
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped
- Sahih International
By the star when it descends,
- Muhammad Asad
CONSIDER this unfolding [of God’s message], as it comes down from on high!
- Marmaduke Pickthall
By the Star when it setteth,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
I swear by the celestial body when it goes down to make an apparent descent toward and below the horizon,
- Bijan Moeinian
I (God) swear by the star when it goes down (explode and throw its energy back to the universe creating a nova: The most awesome happening in the universe. )
- Al-Hilali & Khan
By the star when it goes down (or vanishes).
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
By the Star when it goes down,-
- Mustafa Khattab
By the stars when they fade away!
- Taqi Usmani
By the star when it goes down to set,
- Abdul Haleem
By the star when it sets!
- Arthur John Arberry
By the Star when it plunges,
- E. Henry Palmer
By the star when it falls,
- Hamid S. Aziz
(I swear) By the star when it sets.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And (by) the Star when it tumbles down.
- George Sale
By the star, when it setteth;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
By the Star when it goes down (and sets)—
- Amatul Rahman Omar
I call to witness every part of the Qur'ân when it is revealed,
- Ali Quli Qarai
By the star when it sets: