Surah An-Najm النجم

وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

Wan-najmi idhā hawā

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

Mā dalla sāhibukum wamā ghawā

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

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ ٣

Wamā yantiqu 'anil-hawā

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ ٤

In huwa illā wahyun yūhā

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ٥

'Allamahū shadīdul-quwā

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

ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦

Dhū mirratin fastawā

One of soundness.¹⁵⁶² And he rose to [his] true form¹⁵⁶³

وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧

Wahuwa bil-ufuqil-a'lā

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.¹⁵⁶⁴

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Thumma danā fatadallā

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩

Fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā

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

فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠

Fa awhā ilā 'abdihī mā awhā

And he revealed to His Servant¹⁵⁶⁵ what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

Mā kadhabal-fu'ādu mā ra'ā

The heart¹⁵⁶⁶ did not lie [about] what it saw.

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

Afatumārūnahū 'alā mā yarā

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ١٣

Walaqad ra'āhu nazlatan ukhrā

And he certainly saw him in another descent¹⁵⁶⁷

عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

'Inda sidratil-muntahā

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ ١٥

'Indahā jannatul-ma'wā

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

إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦

Idh yaghshas-sidrata mā yaghshā

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].¹⁵⁶⁸

مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

Mā zāghal-basaru wamā taghā

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

لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ ١٨

Laqad ra'ā min āyāti rabbihil-kubrā

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ١٩

Afara'aytumul-lāta wal-'uzzā

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

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ ٢٠

Wamanawātath-thālithatal-ukhrā

And Manāt, the third - the other one?¹⁵⁶⁹

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢١

Alakumudh-dhakaru walahul-unthā

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ ٢٢

Tilka idhan qismatun dīzā

That, then, is an unjust division.¹⁵⁷⁰

إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ٢٣

In hiya illā asmā'un sammaytumūhā antum wa ābā'ukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sultānin in yattabi'ūna illaz-zanna wamā tahwal-anfusu walaqad jā'ahum mir rabbihimul-hudā

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.

أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤

Am lil-insāni mā tamannā

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢٥

Falillāhil-ākhiratu wal-ūlā

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

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ ٢٦

Wakam mim malakin fis-samāwāti lā tughnī shafā'atuhum shay'an illā mim ba'di an ya'dhanallāhu liman yashā'u wayardā

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 يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

Innal-ladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūnal-malā'ikata tasmiyatal-unthā

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا ٢٨

Wamā lahum bihī min 'ilmin in yattabi'ūna illaz-zanna wa innaz-zanna lā yughnī minal-haqqi shay'ā

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 يُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٢٩

Fa a'rid 'am man tawallā 'an dhikrinā walam yurid illal-hayawātad-dunyā

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

ذَٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ٣٠

Dhālika mablaghuhum minal-'ilmi inna rabbaka huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabīlihī wahuwa a'lamu bimanihtadā

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 ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى ٣١

Walillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wamā fil-ardi liyajziyal-ladhīna asā'ū bimā 'amilū wayajziyal-ladhīna ahsanū bil-husnā

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 يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةٞ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ ٣٢

Alladhīna yajtanibūna kabā'iral-ithmi wal-fawāhisha illal-lamama inna rabbaka wāsi'ul-maghfirati huwa a'lamu bikum idh ansha'akum minal-ardi wa idh antum ajinnatun fī butūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa a'lamu bimanit-taqā

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.

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ ٣٣

Afara'aytal-ladhī tawallā

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِيلٗا وَأَكۡدَىٰٓ ٣٤

Wa a'tā qalīlan wa akdā

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ٣٥

A'indahū 'ilmul-ghaybi fahuwa yarā

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?¹⁵⁷¹

أَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ٣٦

Am lam yunabba' bimā fī suhufi mūsā

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

وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَفَّىٰٓ ٣٧

Wa ibrāhīmal-ladhī waffā

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

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ ٣٨

Allā taziru wāziratun wizra ukhrā

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٩

Wa al laysa lil-insāni illā mā sa'ā

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

وَأَنَّ سَعۡيَهُۥ سَوۡفَ يُرَىٰ ٤٠

Wa anna sa'yahū sawfa yurā

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَآءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ ٤١

Thumma yujzāhul-jazā'al-awfā

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

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ٤٢

Wa anna ilā rabbikal-muntahā

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ٤٣

Wa annahū huwa adhaka wa abkā

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡيَا ٤٤

Wa annahū huwa amāta wa ahyā

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٤٥

Wa annahū khalaqaz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthā

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

مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ ٤٦

Min nutfatin idhā tumnā

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ ٤٧

Wa anna 'alayhin-nash'atal-ukhrā

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ ٤٨

Wa annahū huwa aghnā wa aqnā

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ ٤٩

Wa annahū huwa rabbush-shi'rā

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius¹⁵⁷²

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٥٠

Wa annahū ahlaka 'ādanil-ūlā

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

وَثَمُودَاْ فَمَآ أَبۡقَىٰ ٥١

Wathamūda famā abqā

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

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ ٥٢

Waqawma nūhim min qablu innahum kānū hum azlama wa atghā

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

وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ ٥٣

Wal-mu'tafikata ahwā

And the overturned towns¹⁵⁷³ He hurled down

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ٥٤

Faghasshāhā mā ghasshā

And covered them by that which He covered.¹⁵⁷⁴

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ٥٥

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbika tatamārā

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

هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٥٦

Hādhā nadhīrum minan-nudhuril-ūlā

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

أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ ٥٧

Azifatil-āzifah

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ٥٨

Laysa lahā min dūnillāhi kāshifah

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

أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ٥٩

Afamin hādhal-hadīthi ta'jabūn

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ٦٠

Watadhakūna walā tabkūn

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ ٦١

Wa antum sāmidūn

While you are proudly sporting?¹⁵⁷⁵

فَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ۩ ٦٢

Fasjudū lillāhi wa'budū

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].