Surah An-Najm Transliteration in English

Wan-najmi idhaa hawaa

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

By the star when it descends,

Maa dalla saahibukum wamaa ghawaa

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

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

Wamaa yantiqu `anil-hawaa

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ٣

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

In huwa illaa wahyuy yoohaa

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ ٤

It is not but a revelation revealed,

`Allamahoo shadeedul-quwaa

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ٥

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

Dhoo mirrah, fastawaa

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ٦

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

Wahuwa bil-ufuqil-a`laa

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٧

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

Thumma danaa fatadallaa

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Then he approached and descended

Fakaana qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩

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

Fa'awhaa ilaa `abdihee maa awhaa

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ١٠

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

Maa kadhabal-fu'aadu maa ra'aa

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

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

Afatumaaroonahoo `alaa maa yaraa

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

Walaqad ra'aahu nazlatan ukhraa

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ١٣

And he certainly saw him in another descent

`Inda sidratil-muntahaa

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

`Indahaa jannatul-ma'waa

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ ١٥

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

Idh yaghshas-sidrata maa yaghshaa

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ١٦

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

Maa zaaghal-basaru wamaa taghaa

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

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

Laqad ra'aa min aayaati rabbihil-kubraa

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ ١٨

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

Afara'aytumullaata wal-`uzzaa

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ ١٩

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

Wamanaatath-thaalithatal-ukhraa

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ ٢٠

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

Alakumudh-dhakaru walahul-unthaa

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ٢١

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Tilka idhan qismatun deezaa

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ ٢٢

That, then, is an unjust division.

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

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

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.

Am lil-insaani maa tamannaa

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Falillaahil-aakhiratu wal-oolaa

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ٢٥

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

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

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

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.

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

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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] -

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

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

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.

Afara'aytal-ladhee tawallaa

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ ٣٣

Have you seen the one who turned away

Wa'a`taa qaleelaw wa'akdaa

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ ٣٤

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

A`indahoo `ilmul-ghaybi fahuwa yaraa

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ٣٥

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

Am lam yunabba' bimaa fee suhufi moosaa

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ٣٦

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

Wa'ibraaheemal-ladhee waffaa

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ ٣٧

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

Allaa taziru waaziratuw wizra ukhraa

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ٣٨

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

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

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٩

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

Wa'anna sa`yahoo sawfa yuraa

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ ٤٠

And that his effort is going to be seen -

Thumma yujzaahul-jazaa'al-awfaa

ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ ٤١

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

Wa'anna ilaa rabbikal-muntahaa

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ٤٢

And that to your Lord is the finality

Wa'annahoo huwa adhaka wa'abkaa

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ ٤٣

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

Wa'annahoo huwa amaata wa'ahyaa

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا ٤٤

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

Wa'annahoo khalaqaz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthaa

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ٤٥

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

Min nutfatin idhaa tumnaa

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ ٤٦

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

Wa'anna `alayhin-nash'atal-ukhraa

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ ٤٧

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

Wa'annahoo huwa aghnaa wa'aqnaa

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ ٤٨

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

Wa'annahoo huwa rabbush-shi`raa

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ ٤٩

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

Wa'annahoo ahlaka `aadanil-oolaa

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ٥٠

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

Wathamooda famaa abqaa

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ ٥١

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

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

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ ٥٢

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

Wal-mu'tafikata ahwaa

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ ٥٣

And the overturned towns He hurled down

Faghashshaahaa maa ghashshaa

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ٥٤

And covered them by that which He covered.

Fabi'ayyi aalaa'i rabbika tatamaaraa

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ٥٥

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

Haadhaa nadheerum minan-nudhuril-oolaa

هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ٥٦

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

Azifatil-aazifah

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ ٥٧

The Approaching Day has approached.

Laysa lahaa min doonillaahi kaashifah

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ٥٨

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

Afamin haadhal-hadeethi ta`jaboon

أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ ٥٩

Then at this statement do you wonder?

Watadhakoona walaa tabkoon

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ ٦٠

And you laugh and do not weep

Wa'antum saamidoon

وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ ٦١

While you are proudly sporting?

Fasjudoo lillaahi wa`budoo

فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٦٢

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].