An-Najm (النجم)

وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ By the star when it descends

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ It is not but a revelation revealed

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ Taught to him by one intense in strength

ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer

فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ The heart did not lie [about] what it saw

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ So will you dispute with him over what he saw

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ Near it is the Garden of Refuge

إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it]

مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit]

لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ So have you considered al-Lat and al-‘Uzza

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ And Manat, the third – the other one

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ Is the male for you and for Him the female

تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ That, then, is an unjust division

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 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

أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ Or is there for man whatever he wishes

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ Rather, to Allah 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 And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ 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 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 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 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 أَسَـٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى And to Allah 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

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ 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 Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِيلٗا وَأَكۡدَىٰٓ And gave a little and [then] refrained

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees

أَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَفَّىٰٓ And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations]

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

وَأَنَّ سَعۡيَهُۥ سَوۡفَ يُرَىٰ And that his effort is going to be seen

ثُمَّ يُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَآءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡيَا And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ And that He creates the two mates – the male and female

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ And that He destroyed the first [people of] ‘Aad

وَثَمُودَاْ فَمَآ أَبۡقَىٰ And Thamud – and He did not spare [them]

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing

وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ And the overturned towns He hurled down

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ And covered them by that which He covered

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt

هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners

أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ The Approaching Day has approached

لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover

أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ Then at this statement do you wonder

وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ While you are proudly sporting

فَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ۩ So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]