سُوْرَةُ النَّجْمِ
Surah An-Najm (53) — Ayah 49
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ ﴿49﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And that He (Allâh) is the Lord of Sirius (the star which the pagan Arabs used to worship).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَنَّهُۥ
wa-annahu
And that He
هُوَ
huwa
[He]
رَبُّ
rabbu
(is the) Lord
ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
l-shiʿ'rā
(of) Sirius
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
49. 1. The Lord is the Lord of everything; here the name of the star is mentioned because some Arab tribes used to worship it.
