An-Najm النجم

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim wal-najm idha hawa

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

ma dalla sahibukum wa-ma ghawa

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

wa ma yantiqu 'an al-hawa

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ

in huwa illa wahyun yuha

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ

'allamahu shadid al-quwa

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ

dhu murratin fa-stawa

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

وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ

wa huwa bil-ufuq al-a'la

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

thumma dana fa-tadalla

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

fa-kana qaba qawsayn aw adna

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

فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ

fa-awha ila 'abdih ma awha

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ

ma kadhaba al-fu'ad ma ra'a

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

أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

a-fatumarunah 'ala ma yara

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

wa-laqad ra'ahu nazlatan ukhra

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

'inda sidrat al-muntaha

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ

'indaha jannat al-ma'wa

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

idh yaghsha as-sidrat ma yaghsha

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

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

ma zagha al-basar wa-ma tagha

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

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ

laqad ra'a min ayat rabb al-kubra

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ

a-fara'aytum al-lat wal-'uzza

So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?

وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

wa-manat ath-thalitat al-ukhra

And Manat, the third - the other one?

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ

lakumu adh-dhakaru wa-lahu al-untha

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ

tilka idhan qismah diza

That, then, is an unjust division.

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ

in hiya illa asma' sumtumuha antum wa-aba'ukum ma anzala Allah biha min sultan in yattabi'una illa az-zann wa-ma tahwa al-anfus wa-laqad ja'ahum min rabbihim al-huda

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 what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

am lil-insan ma tamanna

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ

fa-lillah al-akhirah wal-ula

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

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ

wa-kam min malak fi as-samawat la tughni shafa'atuhum shay'an illa min ba'd an ya'dhan Allah li-man yasha' wa-yarda

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 الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ

inna alladhina la yu'minun bil-akhirah la-yusammun al-mala'ikah tismiyat al-untha

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا

wa ma lahum bihi min 'ilm in yattabi'un illa az-zann wa inna az-zann la yughni min al-haqq shay'

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 الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

fa-'rid 'an man tawalla 'an dhikrina wa-lam yurid illa al-hayat ad-dunya

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

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ

dhalika mablaghuhum min al-'ilm inna rabbaka huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabililih wa-huwa a'lamu bimani ahtada

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 السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى

wa-lillah ma fi as-samawat wa-ma fi al-ard li-yajzi alladhina asa'u bi-ma 'amilu wa-yajzi alladhina ahsanu bi-al-husna

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 the best [reward] -

الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ

alladhin yajtanibuna kaba'ir al-ithm wal-fawahish illa al-lamam inna rabbak wasi' al-maghfirah huwa a'lam bikum idh ansha'akum min al-ard wa-idh antum ajinnah fi butun ummahatikum fala tuzakku anfusakum huwa a'lam biman 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.

أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ

a-fa-ra'ayta alladhi tawalla

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ

wa-a'ta qalila wa-akda

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ

'aindahu 'ilm al-ghayb fa-huwa yara

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

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ

am lam yunba' bima fi suhuf Musa

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

وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ

wa-ibrahim alladhi waffa

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

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

alla tazir wazirat wizr ukhra

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

wa-an laysa li-al-insan illa ma sa'a

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

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ

wa-anna sa'yahu sawfa yura

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ

thumma yujzah al-jaza' al-awfa

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

wa-anna ila rabbak al-muntaha

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ

wa-annahu huwa adhaka wa-abka

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

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

wa-annahu huwa amata wa-ahya

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ

wa-annahu khalaqa az-zawjayn adh-dhakar wa-al-untha

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

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

min nutfah idha tumna

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

wa-anna 'alayh an-nash'ah al-ukhra

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ

wa-annahu huwa aghna wa-aqna

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ

wa-annahu huwa rabb ash-shi'ra

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ

wa-annahu ahlaka 'adan al-ula

And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad

وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ

wa-thamud fama abqa

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

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

wa-qawm nuh min qablu innahum kanu hum azlam wa-atgha

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

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

wal-mu'tafikah ahwa

And the overturned towns He hurled down

فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ

fa-ghashshaha ma ghashsha

And covered them by that which He covered.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ

fa-bayyi ala rabb tatamara

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

هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ

hadha nadhir min an-nudhur al-ula

This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners.

أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ

azifat al-azifah

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

laysa laha min dun Allahi kashifat

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

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

fa-min hadha al-hadith ta'jabun

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

wa-tadhakuna wa-la tabkuna

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ

wa-antum samidun

While you are proudly sporting?

فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩

fa-sjudu lillah wa-'budu

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].