Surah An-Najm

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ۝١

Wan-najmi idhaa hawaa

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ۝٢

Maa dalla saahibukum wamaa ghawaa

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

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ۝٣

Wamaa yantiqu `anil-hawaa

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ ۝٤

In huwa illaa wahyuy yoohaa

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ۝٥

`Allamahoo shadeedul-quwaa

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

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ۝٦

Dhoo mirrah, fastawaa

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

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۝٧

Wahuwa bil-ufuqil-a`laa

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ۝٨

Thumma danaa fatadallaa

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ۝٩

Fakaana qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa

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

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ۝١٠

Fa'awhaa ilaa `abdihee maa awhaa

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

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ۝١١

Maa kadhabal-fu'aadu maa ra'aa

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

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ۝١٢

Afatumaaroonahoo `alaa maa yaraa

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ۝١٣

Walaqad ra'aahu nazlatan ukhraa

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ۝١٤

`Inda sidratil-muntahaa

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ ۝١٥

`Indahaa jannatul-ma'waa

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

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ۝١٦

Idh yaghshas-sidrata maa yaghshaa

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

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ۝١٧

Maa zaaghal-basaru wamaa taghaa

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

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ ۝١٨

Laqad ra'aa min aayaati rabbihil-kubraa

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ ۝١٩

Afara'aytumullaata wal-`uzzaa

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

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ ۝٢٠

Wamanaatath-thaalithatal-ukhraa

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۝٢١

Alakumudh-dhakaru walahul-unthaa

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ ۝٢٢

Tilka idhan qismatun deezaa

That, then, is an unjust division.

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ۝٢٣

In hiya illaa asmaa'un sammaytumoohaa antum wa'aabaa'ukum maa anzalallaahu bihaa min sultaan, iy yattabi`oona illaz-zanna wamaa tahwal-anfus, walaqad jaa'ahum mir rabbihimul-hudaa

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.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ۝٢٤

Am lil-insaani maa tamannaa

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ۝٢٥

Falillaahil-aakhiratu wal-oolaa

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

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ ۝٢٦

Wakam mim malakin fis-samaawaati laa tughnee shafaa`atuhum shay'an illaa mim ba`di ay ya'dhanallaahu limay yashaa'u wayardaa

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 يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۝٢٧

Innal-ladheena laa yu'minoona bil-aakhirati layusammoonal-malaa'ikata tasmiyatal-unthaa

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ۝٢٨

Wamaa lahum bihee min `ilm, iy yattabi`oona illaz-zanna wa'innaz-zanna laa yughnee minal-haqqi shay'aa

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

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۝٢٩

Fa'a`rid `am man tawallaa `an dhikrinaa walam yurid illal-hayaatad-dunyaa

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

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ ۝٣٠

Dhaalika mablaghuhum minal-`ilm, inna rabbaka huwa a`lamu biman dalla `an sabeelihee wahuwa a`lamu bimanihtadaa

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 فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى ۝٣١

Walillaahi maa fis-samaawaati wamaa fil-ard, liyajziyal-ladheena asaa'oo bimaa `amiloo wayajziyal-ladheena ahsanoo bil-husnaa

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 يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ ۝٣٢

Alladheena yajtaniboona kabaa'iral-ithmi wal-fawaahisha illal-lamama inna rabbaka waasi`ul-maghfirah, huwa a`lamu bikum idh ansha'akum minal-ardi wa'idh antum ajinnatun fee butooni ummahaatikum, falaa tuzakkoo anfusakum, huwa a`lamu bimanittaqaa

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.

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ ۝٣٣

Afara'aytal-ladhee tawallaa

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ ۝٣٤

Wa'a`taa qaleelaw wa'akdaa

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ۝٣٥

A`indahoo `ilmul-ghaybi fahuwa yaraa

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

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ۝٣٦

Am lam yunabba' bimaa fee suhufi moosaa

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

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ ۝٣٧

Wa'ibraaheemal-ladhee waffaa

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

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۝٣٨

Allaa taziru waaziratuw wizra ukhraa

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ۝٣٩

Wa'al laysa lil-insaani illaa maa sa`aa

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

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ ۝٤٠

Wa'anna sa`yahoo sawfa yuraa

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ ۝٤١

Thumma yujzaahul-jazaa'al-awfaa

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

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ۝٤٢

Wa'anna ilaa rabbikal-muntahaa

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ ۝٤٣

Wa'annahoo huwa adhaka wa'abkaa

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا ۝٤٤

Wa'annahoo huwa amaata wa'ahyaa

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۝٤٥

Wa'annahoo khalaqaz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthaa

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

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ ۝٤٦

Min nutfatin idhaa tumnaa

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ ۝٤٧

Wa'anna `alayhin-nash'atal-ukhraa

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ ۝٤٨

Wa'annahoo huwa aghnaa wa'aqnaa

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ ۝٤٩

Wa'annahoo huwa rabbush-shi`raa

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۝٥٠

Wa'annahoo ahlaka `aadanil-oolaa

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ ۝٥١

Wathamooda famaa abqaa

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

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ ۝٥٢

Waqawma noohim min qabl, innahum kaanoo hum azlama wa'atghaa

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

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ ۝٥٣

Wal-mu'tafikata ahwaa

And the overturned towns He hurled down

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ۝٥٤

Faghashshaahaa maa ghashshaa

And covered them by that which He covered.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ۝٥٥

Fabi'ayyi aalaa'i rabbika tatamaaraa

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

هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٥٦

Haadhaa nadheerum minan-nudhuril-oolaa

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

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ ۝٥٧

Azifatil-aazifah

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۝٥٨

Laysa lahaa min doonillaahi kaashifah

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

أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ ۝٥٩

Afamin haadhal-hadeethi ta`jaboon

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ ۝٦٠

Watadhakoona walaa tabkoon

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ ۝٦١

Wa'antum saamidoon

While you are proudly sporting?

فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۝٦٢

Fasjudoo lillaahi wa`budoo

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].