The Setting Star (Al-Najm)
Verses 56-62 GROUP_1415 53.56-62
56
هَذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَى
This is a warning just like those of former times.
57
أَزِفَتْ الْآزِفَةُ
The Hour that was to come draws ever nearer.
58
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
None but God can avert it.
59
أَفَمِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
Do you then find these tidings strange?
60
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
Why do you laugh rather than weep?
61
وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ
Will you remain proudly heedless?
62
فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا
Prostrate yourselves before God, and worship Him alone!
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Commentary
(b) The history of the prophets as related in the Quran shows that the denial of Truth and its fatal result are as close to each other as two fingers of the same hand. If a man has the ability to comprehend, as soon as he indulges in denial of the Truth and becomes arrogant, he will sense that God’s wrath is about to descend on him; he will consequently give up the way of arrogance and adopt the way of obedience. But man is so intoxicated that he is unable to see things which are right in front of him.