An-Najm

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ 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 یَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰۤ

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡیࣱ یُوحَىٰ

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِیدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

ذُو مِرَّةࣲ 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 قَوۡسَیۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ

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

فَأَوۡحَىٰۤ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَاۤ أَوۡحَىٰ

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰۤ

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

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا یَرَىٰ

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 ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰۤ

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

إِذۡ یَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا یَغۡشَىٰ

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 ءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَءَیۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ

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

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۤ

And Manat, the third - the other one?

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلۡكَ إِذࣰا قِسۡمَةࣱ ضِیزَىٰۤ

That, then, is an unjust division.

إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّاۤ أَسۡمَاۤءࣱ سَمَّیۡتُمُوهَاۤ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُم مَّاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَـٰنٍۚ إِن یَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۤ

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.

أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ

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

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكࣲ فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ لَا تُغۡنِی شَفَـٰعَتُهُمۡ شَیۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن یَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن یَشَاۤءُ وَیَرۡضَىٰۤ

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 ٱلَّذِینَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةِ لَیُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ تَسۡمِیَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن یَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَیۡـࣰٔا

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 یُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا

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

ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِیلِهِۦ 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 فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَمَا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِیَجۡزِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَسَـٰۤـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَیَجۡزِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَحۡسَنُوا۟ 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 the best [reward] -

ٱلَّذِینَ یَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰۤىِٕرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَ ٰ⁠حِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَ ٰ⁠سِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةࣱ فِی بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوۤا۟ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰۤ

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.

أَفَرَءَیۡتَ ٱلَّذِی تَوَلَّىٰ

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِیلࣰا وَأَكۡدَىٰۤ

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ فَهُوَ یَرَىٰۤ

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

أَمۡ لَمۡ یُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِی صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ

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

وَإِبۡرَ ٰ⁠هِیمَ ٱلَّذِی وَفَّىٰۤ

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

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةࣱ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّیۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

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

وَأَنَّ سَعۡیَهُۥ سَوۡفَ یُرَىٰ

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ یُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَاۤءَ 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 وَأَحۡیَا

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَیۡنِ 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 عَلَیۡهِ 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

وَأَنَّهُۥۤ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ

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

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَاۤ أَبۡقَىٰ

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

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ 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.

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ

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

هَـٰذَا نَذِیرࣱ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۤ

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

أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡـَٔازِفَةُ

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَیۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

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

أَفَمِنۡ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمۡ سَـٰمِدُونَ

While you are proudly sporting?

فَٱسۡجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعۡبُدُوا۟ ۩

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].