An-Najm

وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

Wan-najmi idhā hawā.

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

Mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa mā ghawā.

Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ ٣

Wa mā yanṭiqu ʿanil-hawā.

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ ٤

In huwa illā waḥyuy yūḥā.

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ٥

ʿAllamahū shadīdul-quwā.

Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦

Dhū mirratin fastawā.

One of soundness.¹ And he rose to [his] true form²

وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧

Wa huwa bil-ufuqil-aʿlā.

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.¹

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Thumma danā fatadallā.

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩

Fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā.

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠

Fa awḥā ilā ʿabdihī mā awḥā.

And he revealed to His Servant¹ what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

Mā kadhabal-fuʾādu mā raʾā.

The heart¹ did not lie [about] what it saw.

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

Afatumārūnahū ʿalā mā yarā.

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ١٣

Wa laqad raʾāhu nazlatan ukhrā.

And he certainly saw him in another descent¹

عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

ʿInda sidratil-muntahā.

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ ١٥

ʿIndahā jannatul-maʾwā.

Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦

Idh yaghshas-sidrata mā yaghshā.

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].¹

مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

Mā zāghal-baṣaru wa mā ṭaghā.

The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ ١٨

Laqad raʾā min āyāti rabbihil-kubrā.

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ١٩

Afaraʾaytumul-lāta wal-ʿuzzā.

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ ٢٠

Wa manātath-thālithatal-ukhrā.

And Manāt, the third - the other one?¹

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢١

Alakumudh-dhakaru wa lahul-unthā.

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ ٢٢

Tilka idhan qismatun ḍīzā.

That, then, is an unjust division.¹

إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ٢٣

In hiya illā asmāʾun sammaytumūhā antum wa ābāʾukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān, iy yattabiʿūna illaẓ-ẓanna wa mā tahwal-anfus, wa laqad jāʾahum mir rabbihimul-hudā.

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh 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.

أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤

Am lil-insāni mā tamannā.

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢٥

Falillāhil-ākhiratu wal-ūlā.

Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ ٢٦

Wa kam mim malakin fis-samāwāti lā tughnī shafāʿatuhum shayʾan illā mim baʿdi ay yaʾdhanallāhu limay yashāʾu wa yarḍā.

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

Innal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati layusammūnal-malāʾikata tasmiyatal-unthā.

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا ٢٨

Wa mā lahum bihī min ʿilm, iy yattabiʿūna illaẓ-ẓann, wa innaẓ-ẓanna lā yughnī minal-ḥaqqi shayʾā.

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ يُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٢٩

Fa aʿriḍ ʿam man tawallā ʿan dhikrinā wa lam yurid illal-ḥayātad-dunyā.

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.

ذَٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ٣٠

Dhālika mablaghuhum minal-ʿilm, inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa huwa aʿlamu bimanihtadā.

That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى ٣١

Walillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi liyajziyal-ladhīna asāʾū bimā ʿamilū wa yajziyal-ladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā.

And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةٞ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ ٣٢

Al-ladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾiral-ithmi wal-fawāḥisha illal-lamam, inna rabbaka wāsiʿul-maghfirah, huwa aʿlamu bikum idh anshaʾakum minal-arḍi wa idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum, falā tuzakkū anfusakum, huwa aʿlamu bimanittaqā.

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ ٣٣

Afaraʾaytal-ladhī tawallā.

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِيلٗا وَأَكۡدَىٰٓ ٣٤

Wa aʿṭā qalīlaw wa akdā.

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ٣٥

Aʿindahū ʿilmul-ghaybi fahuwa yarā.

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?¹

أَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ٣٦

Am lam yunabbaʾ bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā.

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَفَّىٰٓ ٣٧

Wa ibrāhīmal-ladhī waffā.

And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ ٣٨

Allā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā.

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٩

Wa al laysa lil-insāni illā mā saʿā.

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

وَأَنَّ سَعۡيَهُۥ سَوۡفَ يُرَىٰ ٤٠

Wa anna saʿyahū sawfa yurā.

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَآءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ ٤١

Thumma yujzāhul-jazāʾal-awfā.

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ٤٢

Wa anna ilā rabbikal-muntahā.

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ٤٣

Wa annahū huwa aḍḥaka wa abkā.

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡيَا ٤٤

Wa annahū huwa amāta wa aḥyā.

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٤٥

Wa annahū khalaqaz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthā.

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ ٤٦

Min nuṭfatin idhā tumnā.

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ ٤٧

Wa anna ʿalayhin-nashʾatal-ukhrā.

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ ٤٨

Wa annahū huwa aghnā wa aqnā.

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ ٤٩

Wa annahū huwa rabbush-shiʿrā.

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius¹

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٥٠

Wa annahū ahlaka ʿādanil-ūlā.

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

وَثَمُودَاْ فَمَآ أَبۡقَىٰ ٥١

Wa thamūda famā abqā.

And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ ٥٢

Wa qawma nūḥim min qabl, innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa aṭghā.

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ ٥٣

Wal-muʾtafikata ahwā.

And the overturned towns¹ He hurled down

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ٥٤

Faghashshāhā mā ghashshā.

And covered them by that which He covered.¹

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ٥٥

Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbika tatamārā.

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٥٦

Hādhā nadhīrum minan-nudhuril-ūlā.

This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ ٥٧

Azifatil-āzifah.

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ٥٨

Laysa lahā min dūnillāhi kāshifah.

Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ٥٩

Afamin hādhal-ḥadīthi taʿjabūn.

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ٦٠

Wa taḍḥakūna wa lā tabkūn.

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ ٦١

Wa antum sāmidūn.

While you are proudly sporting?¹

فَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ۩ ٦٢

Fasjudū lillāhi waʿbudū.

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].