An-Najm

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ١

Wannajmi itha hawa

By the star when it descends,

By the star when it goes down to set,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ٢

Ma dalla sahibukum wamaghawa

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

your fellow (the Holy Prophet) has neither missed the way, nor did he deviate.

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ٣

Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

He does not speak out of (his own) desire.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ٤

In huwa illa wahyun yooha

It is not but a revelation revealed,

It is but revelation revealed (to him).

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ٥

AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

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

It is taught to him by one (angel) of strong faculties,

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ٦

Thoo mirratin fastawa

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

the one of vigour. So he stood poised,

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ٧

Wahuwa bil-ofuqi al-aAAla

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

while he was on the upper horizon.

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ٨

Thumma dana fatadalla

Then he approached and descended

Then he drew near, and came down,

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ٩

Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

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

so as he was at a distance like that of two bows (joined together), rather even nearer.

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ١٠

Faawha ila AAabdihi maawha

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

Thus He (Allah) revealed to His slave what He revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ١١

Ma kathaba alfu-adu maraa

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

The heart did not err in what he saw.

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ١٢

Afatumaroonahu AAala mayara

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

Do you quarrel with him in what he sees?

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ١٣

Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

And he certainly saw him in another descent

Indeed he saw him another time

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ١٤

AAinda sidrati almuntaha

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

by Sidrat-ul-Muntahā (the lote-tree in the upper realm),

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ١٥

AAindaha jannatu alma/wa

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

near which there is Jannat-ul-Ma’wā (the Paradise of Abode),

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ١٦

Ith yaghsha assidratama yaghsha

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

when the lote-tree was covered by that which covered it.

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ١٧

Ma zagha albasaru wamatagha

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

The eye neither went wrong, nor did exceed the limit.

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ١٨

Laqad raa min ayatirabbihi alkubra

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

He has indeed seen a part of the biggest signs of your Lord.

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ١٩

Afaraaytumu allata walAAuzza

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

Have you ever considered about the (idols of) Lāt and ‘Uzzā,

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ٢٠

Wamanata aththalithataal-okhra

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

and about the other, the third (idol), namely, Manāt,?

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ٢١

Alakumu aththakaru walahual-ontha

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Is it that you have males and He (Allah) has females?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ٢٢

Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

That, then, is an unjust division.

If so, it is a bizarre division.

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ٢٣

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

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.

These are nothing but names you and your fathers have invented; Allah has sent down no authority attached to them. They are following nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire, while guidance from their Lord has surely reached them.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ٢٤

Am lil-insani ma tamanna

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Is it that man can get whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ٢٥

Falillahi al-akhiratu wal-oola

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

(No,) because to Allah alone belongs the (good of) the Hereafter and the former life (of this world).

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ٢٦

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

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.

How many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession cannot benefit (any one) at all, but after Allah allows (it) for whomsoever He wills and pleases.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ٢٧

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

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

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter call the angels by names of females.

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا٢٨

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

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

They do not have knowledge about it. They follow nothing but conjecture, and conjecture is of no avail in (the matter of) Truth.

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا٢٩

FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAanthikrina walam yurid illa alhayataaddunya

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

So, turn away from him who turns away from Our advice, and seeks nothing but (pleasure of) the worldly life.

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ٣٠

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

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.

That is the limit of their access to knowledge. Indeed only your Lord knows well about the one who has gone astray from his way, and He knows well about the one who has adopted the right path.

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى٣١

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

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] -

To Allah belongs whatever there is in the heavens and whatever there is in the earth, so that He gives punishment to evildoers for what they did, and gives good reward to those who did 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 ٱتَّقَىٰٓ٣٢

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

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.

-those who abstain from the major sins and from shameful acts, except minor involvements. Indeed your Lord is extensive in forgiveness. He knows you more than anyone else (from a time) when He created you from the earth and when you were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. So, do not claim purity (from faults) for your selves. He knows best who is God-fearing.

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ٣٣

Afaraayta allathee tawalla

Have you seen the one who turned away

Did you see the one who turned away,

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ٣٤

WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

and gave a little, and stopped?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ٣٥

aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

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

Does he have knowledge of the Unseen whereby he sees (what he believes)?

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ٣٦

Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufimoosa

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

Has he not been told of what was (revealed) in the scriptures of Mūsā

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ٣٧

Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa

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

and of Ibrāhīm who fulfilled (his duties)?

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ٣٨

Alla taziru waziratun wizraokhra

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

(It was) that no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of the other,

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ٣٩

Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa

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

and that a man shall not deserve but (the reward of) his own effort,

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ٤٠

Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

And that his effort is going to be seen -

and that his effort will soon be seen,

ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ٤١

Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa

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

then he will be recompensed for it in full,

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ٤٢

Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

And that to your Lord is the finality

and that to your Lord is the end (of every one),

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ٤٣

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

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

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا٤٤

Waannahu huwa amata waahya

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

and that He is the One who gives death and gives life,

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ٤٥

Waannahu khalaqa azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

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

and that He creates the pairs, male and female,

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ٤٦

Min nutfatin itha tumna

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

from a sperm-drop when it is poured (into a womb),

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ٤٧

Waanna AAalayhi annash-ata al-okhra

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

and that the second creation is undertaken by Him,

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ٤٨

Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

and that He is the One who gives wealth and preserves (it),

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ٤٩

Waannahu huwa rabbu ashshiAAra

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

and that He is the One who is the Lord of Sirius (the star worshipped by pagans),

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ٥٠

Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

and that He has destroyed the earlier ‘Ād,

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ٥١

Wathamooda fama abqa

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

and Thamūd, so spared none,

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ٥٢

Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoohum athlama waatgha

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

and (destroyed) the people of NūH even earlier. Surely they were more unjust and more rebellious.

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ٥٣

Walmu/tafikata ahwa

And the overturned towns He hurled down.

And He destroyed the overturned towns (of the people of LūT) also,

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ٥٤

Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

And covered them by that which He covered.

so enveloped they were by that which enveloped.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ٥٥

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara

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

Then concerning which of your Lord’s bounties would you remain in doubt?

هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ٥٦

Hatha natheerun mina annuthurial-oola

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

This (Prophet) is a warner from the (genus of the) previous warners.

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ٥٧

Azifati al-azifat

The Approaching Day has approached.

The Imminent (Hour of Judgment) has approached.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ٥٨

Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifat

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

There is no one, beside Allah, to remove it.

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ٥٩

Afamin hatha alhadeethitaAAjaboon

Then at this statement do you wonder?

Do you then wonder at this discourse,

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ٦٠

Watadhakoona wala tabkoon

And you laugh and do not weep

and laugh (at it), and not weep,

وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ٦١

Waantum samidoon

While you are proudly sporting?

while you are engaged in vain play?

فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩٦٢

Fasjudoo lillahi waAAbudoo

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

Now, fall down in prostration and worship (Allah).