surah Najm aya 23 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.
﴿إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ﴾
[ النجم: 23]
53:23 They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
Tafsir Ibn Katheer in EnglishThese idols are nothing but names without meaning, so they have no share of divine qualities.
You and your fathers named them on your own part.
Allah did not reveal any proof for them.
The idolaters do not follow in their belief except assumption and what their souls desire from what the satan has adorned in their hearts.
And the guidance has come to them from their Lord on the tongue of Muhammad ( peace be upon him ), but they were not guided.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
They are but names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!
phonetic Transliteration
In hiya illa asmaon sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wama tahwa alanfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda
Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation
These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even though there has already come to them Guidance from their Lord!
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
They are but names which you have named - you and your fathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the guidance from their Lord!
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53:23 They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you translate in arabic
إن هي إلا أسماء سميتموها أنتم وآباؤكم ما أنـزل الله بها من سلطان إن يتبعون إلا الظن وما تهوى الأنفس ولقد جاءهم من ربهم الهدى
سورة: النجم - آية: ( 23 ) - جزء: ( 27 ) - صفحة: ( 526 )Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
These are nothing but names you and your forefathers have designated and destined to the purpose of worship; names never authorized by Allah nor sanctioned. by Him They only follow the false suppositions and the incitement arising from the state of their minds and feeling albeit they have received from Allah the spirit of truth guiding them into all truth
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(53:23) These are nothing but names that you and your forefathers have invented, for which Allah has sent down no authority. *17 They are merely following their conjectures and their carnal desires *18 although guidance has come to them from their Lord. *19
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you meaning
*17) That is, "Those whom you call gods and goddesses are neither gods nor goddesses, nor do they possess any attribute of divinity, nor any share whatever in the powers of Godhead. You have of your own whim made them children of God and deities and associates in Godhead. Allah has sent down no authority which you may, produce as a proof in support of your presumptions. "
*18) In other words, the basic causes of their deviation are two: First, that they do not feel any need for the knowledge of reality for the purpose of adopting a creed and religion, but make a supposition on the basis of a mere conjecture and then put belief in it as though it were the reality, Second, that they have, in fact, adopted this attitude in order to follow the lusts of their souls: they desire that they should have such a deity as should help them attain their aims and objects in the world, and if at aII there is to be a Hereafter, it should take the responsibility to have them granted forgiveness there too, But it should not impose any restriction of the lawful and the unlawfirl on them nor should bind them in any discipline of morality. That is why they do not feel inclined to worship One God as taught by the Prophets, and only like to worship these invented gods and goddesses.
*19) That is, in every age the Prophets appointed by Allah have been guiding these wicked people to the Truth, and now Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) has come to tell them as to whom belongs Godhead in reality in the Universe.
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you meaning in Urdu
دراصل یہ کچھ نہیں ہیں مگر بس چند نام جو تم نے اور تمہارے باپ دادا نے رکھ لیے ہیں اللہ نے اِن کے لیے کوئی سند نازل نہیں کی حقیقت یہ ہے کہ لوگ محض وہم و گمان کی پیروی کر رہے ہیں اور خواہشات نفس کے مرید بنے ہوئے ہیں حالانکہ اُن کے رب کی طرف سے اُن کے پاس ہدایت آ چکی ہے
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