# 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 43

- **Surah:** 53. Surah An-Najm (The Star) — سورة النجم
- **Verse:** 43 / 62 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 526
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-43

## Arabic

وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ

## Transcription

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

that it is He Who brings about both laughter and tears;

### Progressive Muslims

And He is the One who makes laughter and tears.

### Shabbir Ahmed

- vi And that He it is Who makes laugh, and makes weep. (Nations that establish His Rule will have inner happiness, whereas the others will be in misery).

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And that it is He who makes laugh, and makes weep,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And He is the One who makes laughter and tears.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

He is the One who makes you laugh or cry.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

That it is He who makes you happy and morose,

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

### Muhammad Asad

and that it is He alone who causes [you] to laugh and to weep;

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

and that He it is Who causes people to laugh and to cry,[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] That is, Allah provides the means both for joy and for grief. He controls good and ill luck. There is no one else in the universe, who may have anything to do with making or marring of destinies.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And that it is He Who created the emotion expressed by laughing with or without tears, and the emotion expressed by lamenting with tears and weeping out one's eyes or one's heart.

### Bijan Moeinian

Know that God is the One Who makes you laugh or cry.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And that it is He (Allâh) Who makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears;

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Moreover, He is the One Who brings about joy and sadness.[1]

### Taqi Usmani

and that He is the One who makes (one) laugh and makes (him) weep,

### Abdul Haleem

that it is He who makes people laugh and weep;

### Arthur John Arberry

and that it is He who makes to laugh, and that makes to weep,

### E. Henry Palmer

and that it is He who makes men laugh and weep;

### Hamid S. Aziz

And that He it is Who makes men laugh and makes them weep;

### Mahmoud Ghali

And that He, Ever He, makes to laugh, and He makes to weep;

### George Sale

and that He causeth to laugh, and causeth to weep;

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

That it is He Who gives laughter and tears;

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And that it is He alone Who makes people laugh and weep.

### Ali Quli Qarai

and that it is He who makes [men] laugh, and makes [them] weep,

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Muhakkak ki "HU"dur, güldüren de ağlatan da!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Doğrusu, güldüren ve ağlatan O'dur.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Güldürecek ve ağlatacak olan da O'dur.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Şüphesiz O, güldürür ve ağlatır.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Hakıkat odur güldüren ağlatan

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Doğrusu güldüren, ağlatan O'dur.

### Gültekin Onan

Doğrusu, güldüren ve ağlatan O'dur.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Hakıykat şu: Güldüren de, ağlatan da Odur.

### İbni Kesir

Gerçekten O'dur güldüren de, ağlatan da.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

(sizi) güldüren ve ağlatan yalnız O'dur;

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Güldüren de O'dur, ağlatan da!

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Güldüren de O'dur, ağlatan da O'dur.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Hiç kuşkusuz, güldüren de O'dur, ağlatan da...

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Ve elbet ağlatan da O'dur, güldüren de O.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Güldüren de ağlatan da O'dur.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Kuşkusuz, O, güldüren ve ağlatandır.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Güldüren O'dur; ağlatan da O.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Güldüren de yalnızca O'dur, ağlatan da.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Güldüren de ağlatan da O'dur.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Güldüren de ağlatan da O'dur.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Güldüren de ağlatan da O'dur[1],

_Footnotes_
- [1] Allah'ın onayı ve yaratması olmadan hiçbir eylem gerçekleşmez ([İnsan 76/30,](https://quran.so/76/30) [Tekvir 81/29](https://quran.so/81/29)).

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنَّهُۥ — wa-annahu | And that He | — |
| 2 | هُوَ — huwa | [He] | — |
| 3 | أَضْحَكَ — aḍḥaka | makes (one) laugh | ضحك — Dad-Ha-Kef |
| 4 | وَأَبْكَىٰ — wa-abkā | and makes (one) weep | بكي — Be-Kef-Ye |

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