An-Najm

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

Wannajmi itha hawa

By the star when it sets!

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

Ma dalla sahibukum wamaghawa

Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded;

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

he does not speak from his own desire.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

In huwa illa wahyun yooha

The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him.

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty powers

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ

Thoo mirratin fastawa

and great strength, who stood

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Wahuwa bil-ofuqi al-aAAla

on the highest horizon

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

Thumma dana fatadalla

and then approached––coming down

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ

Faawha ila AAabdihi maawha

and revealed to God’s servant what He revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

Ma kathaba alfu-adu maraa

[The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw.

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

Afatumaroonahu AAala mayara

Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes?

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

A second time he saw him:

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

AAinda sidrati almuntaha

by the lote tree beyond which none may pass

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ

AAindaha jannatu alma/wa

near the Garden of Restfulness,

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

Ith yaghsha assidratama yaghsha

when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour].

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

Ma zagha albasaru wamatagha

His sight never wavered, nor was it too bold,

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ

Laqad raa min ayatirabbihi alkubra

and he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

Afaraaytumu allata walAAuzza

[Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza,

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ

Wamanata aththalithataal-okhra

and the third one, Manat––

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Alakumu aththakaru walahual-ontha

are you to have the male and He the female?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ

Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

That would be a most unjust distribution!––

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

In hiya illa asmaonsammaytumooha antum waabaokum maanzala Allahu biha min sultanin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wamatahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda

these are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers. God has sent no authority for them. These people merely follow guesswork and the whims of their souls, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

Am lil-insani ma tamanna

Is man to have everything he wishes for,

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

Falillahi al-akhiratu wal-oola

when the present life and the life to come belong only to God?

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

Wakam min malakin fee assamawatila tughnee shafaAAatuhum shay-an illa minbaAAdi an ya/thana Allahu liman yashao wayarda

There are many angels in heaven whose intercession will be of no use until God gives permission to those He will, whose words He will accept.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabil-akhirati layusammoona almala-ikatatasmiyata al-ontha

Those who deny the life to come give the angels female names.

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-innaaththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-a

They have no knowledge to base this on: they merely follow guesswork. Guesswork is of no value against the Truth.

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAanthikrina walam yurid illa alhayataaddunya

So [Prophet] ignore those who turn away from Our revelation, who want only the life of this world.

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmiinna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihiwahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada

Their knowledge does not go beyond that. Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who follows guidance.

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى

Walillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi liyajziya allatheena asaoobima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoobilhusna

Everything in the heavens and earth belongs to God. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and reward, with what is best, those who do good.

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ

Allatheena yajtaniboona kaba-iraal-ithmi walfawahisha illa allamama innarabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ithanshaakum mina al-ardi wa-ith antum ajinnatun feebutooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakumhuwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa

As for those who avoid grave sins and foul acts, though they may commit small sins, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He has been aware of you from the time He produced you from the earth and from your hiding places in your mothers’ wombs, so do not assert your own goodness:He knows best who is mindful of Him.

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ

Afaraayta allathee tawalla

[Prophet], consider that man who turned away:

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ

WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

he only gave a little and then he stopped.

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ

aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

Does he have knowledge of the Unseen? Can he see [the Hereafter]?

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ

Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufimoosa

Has he not been told what was written in the Scriptures of Moses

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ

Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa

and of Abraham, who fulfilled his duty:

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

Alla taziru waziratun wizraokhra

that no soul shall bear the burden of another;

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa

that man will only have what he has worked towards;

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ

Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

that his labour will be seen

ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ

Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa

and that in the end he will be repaid in full for it;

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

that the final goal is your Lord;

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

that it is He who makes people laugh and weep;

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

Waannahu huwa amata waahya

that it is He who gives death and life;

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Waannahu khalaqa azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

that He Himself created the two sexes, male and female,

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

Min nutfatin itha tumna

from an ejected drop of sperm;

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ

Waanna AAalayhi annash-ata al-okhra

that He will undertake the second Creation;

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ

Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

that it is He who gives wealth and possessions;

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ

Waannahu huwa rabbu ashshiAAra

that He is the Lord of Sirius;

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola

that it was He who destroyed, in their entirety, ancient 'Ad

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ

Wathamooda fama abqa

and Thamud,

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoohum athlama waatgha

and before them the people of Noah who were even more unjust and insolent;

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

Walmu/tafikata ahwa

that it was He who brought down the ruined cities

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ

Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

and enveloped them in the punishment He ordained for them?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara

Which then of your Lord’s blessings do you deny?

هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Hatha natheerun mina annuthurial-oola

This is a warning just like the warnings sent in former times.

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

Azifati al-azifat

The imminent Hour draws near

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifat

and only God can disclose it.

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

Afamin hatha alhadeethitaAAjaboon

Do you [people] marvel at this?

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

Watadhakoona wala tabkoon

Why do you laugh instead of weeping?

وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ

Waantum samidoon

Why do you pay no heed?

فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩

Fasjudoo lillahi waAAbudoo

Bow down before God and worship.