Surah An-Najm — The Star

وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ

Wan-najmi iżā hawā.

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰىۚ

Mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa mā gawā.

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

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰى

Wa mā yanṭiqu ‘anil-hawā.

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُّوْحٰىۙ

In huwa illā waḥyuy yūḥā.

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰىۙ

‘Allamahū syadīdul-quwā.

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

ذُوْ مِرَّةٍۗ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ

Żū mirrah(tin), fastawā.

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

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰىۗ

Wa huwa bil-ufuqil-a‘lā.

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ

Ṡumma danā fa tadallā.

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰىۚ

Fa kāna qāba qausaini au adnā.

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

فَاَوْحٰىٓ اِلٰى عَبْدِهٖ مَآ اَوْحٰىۗ

Fa auḥā ilā ‘abdihī mā auḥā.

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

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰى

Mā każabal-fu'ādu mā ra'ā.

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

اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰى مَا يَرٰى

Afa tumārūnahū ‘alā mā yarā.

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰىۙ

Wa laqad ra'āhu nazlatan ukhrā.

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى

‘Inda sidratil-muntahā.

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

‘Indahā jannatul-ma'wā.

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

اِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰىۙ

Iż yagsyas-sidrata mā yagsyā.

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

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى

Mā zāgal-baṣaru wa mā ṭagā.

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

لَقَدْ رَاٰى مِنْ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰى

Laqad ra'ā min āyāti rabbihil-kubrā.

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰى

Afa ra'aitumul-lāta wal-‘uzzā.

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

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰى

Wa manātaṡ-ṡāliṡatal-ukhrā.

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى

Alakumuż-żakaru wa lahul-unṡā.

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيْزٰى

Tilka iżan qismatun ḍīzā.

That, then, is an unjust division.

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّآ اَسْمَاۤءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَآ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمْ مَّآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَاۤءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىۗ

In hiya illā asmā'un sammaitumūhā antum wa ābā'ukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān(in), iy yattabi‘ūna illaẓ-ẓanna wa mā tahwal-anfus(u), wa laqad 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.

اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰىۖ

Am lil-insāni mā tamannā.

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰى ࣖ

Fa lillāhil-ākhiratu wal-ūlā.

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

۞ وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِيْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَّأْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَرْضٰى

Wa kam mim malakin fis-samāwāti lā tugnī syafā‘atuhum syai'an illā mim ba‘di ay ya'żanallāhu limay yasyā'u wa yarḍā.

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.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰى

Innal-lażīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūnal-malā'ikata tasmiyatal-unṡā.

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

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِيْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔاۚ

Wa mā lahum bihī min ‘ilm(in), iy yattabi‘ūna illaẓ-ẓann(a), wa innaẓ-ẓanna lā yugnī minal-ḥaqqi syai'ā(n).

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

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰىۙ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۗ

Fa a‘riḍ ‘am man tawallā, ‘an żikrinā wa lam yurid illal-ḥayātad-dun-yā.

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

ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِۗ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰى

Żālika mablaguhum minal-‘ilm(i), inna rabbaka huwa a‘lamu biman ḍalla ‘an sabīlih(ī), wa huwa 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.

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۗ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسَاۤءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰىۚ

Wa lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ(i), liyajziyal-lażīna asā'ū bimā ‘amilū wa yajziyal-lażīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā.

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] -

اَلَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰۤىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِيْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْۗ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْٓا اَنْفُسَكُمْۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى ࣖ

Allażīna yajtanibūna kabā'iral-iṡmi wal-fawāḥisya illal-lamam(a), inna rabbaka wāsi‘ul-magfirah(ti), huwa a‘lamu bikum iż ansya'akum minal-arḍi wa iż antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum, falā tuzakkū anfusakum, huwa a‘lamu bimanittaqā.

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.

اَفَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِيْ تَوَلّٰىۙ

Afa ra'aital-lażī tawallā.

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَاَعْطٰى قَلِيْلًا وَّاَكْدٰى

Wa a‘ṭā qalīlaw wa akdā.

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰى

A‘indahū ‘ilmul-gaibi fahuwa yarā.

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

اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِيْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰى

Am lam yunabba' bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā.

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

وَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ الَّذِيْ وَفّٰىٓ ۙ

Wa ibrāhīmal-lażī waffā.

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

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰىۙ

Allā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā.

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَاَنْ لَّيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ

Wa al laisa lil-insāni illā mā sa‘ā.

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

وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهٗ سَوْفَ يُرٰىۖ

Wa anna sa‘yahū saufa yurā.

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجْزٰىهُ الْجَزَاۤءَ الْاَوْفٰىۙ

Ṡumma yujzāhul-jazā'al-aufā.

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

وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ

Wa anna ilā rabbikal-muntahā.

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰى

Wa annahū huwa aḍḥaka wa abkā.

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

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْيَاۙ

Wa annahū huwa amāta wa aḥyā.

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۙ

Wa annahū khalaqaz-zaujainiż-żakara wal-unṡā.

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

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰىۙ

Min nuṭfatin iżā tumnā.

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰىۙ

Wa anna ‘alaihin nasy'atal-ukhrā.

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

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰى وَاَقْنٰىۙ

Wa annahū huwa agnā wa aqnā.

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰىۙ

Wa annahū huwa rabbusy-syi‘rā.

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

وَاَنَّهٗٓ اَهْلَكَ عَادًا ۨالْاُوْلٰىۙ

Wa annahū ahlaka ‘ādanil-ūlā.

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

وَثَمُوْدَا۟ فَمَآ اَبْقٰىۙ

Wa ṡamūda famā abqā.

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

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىۗ

Wa qauma nūḥim min qabl(u), innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa aṭgā.

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

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ

Wal-mu'tafikata ahwā.

And the overturned towns He hurled down.

فَغَشّٰىهَا مَا غَشّٰىۚ

Fa gasysyāhā mā gasysyā.

And covered them by that which He covered.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰى

Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbika tatamārā.

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

هٰذَا نَذِيْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰى

Hāżā nażīrum minan-nużuril-ūlā.

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

اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفَةُ ۚ

Azifatil-āzifah(tu).

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۗ

Laisa lahā min dūnillāhi kāsyifah(tun).

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

اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَۙ

Afamin hāżal-ḥadīṡi ta‘jabūn(a).

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَۙ

Wa taḍḥakūna wa lā tabkūn(a).

And you laugh and do not weep

وَاَنْتُمْ سٰمِدُوْنَ

Wa antum sāmidūn(a).

While you are proudly sporting?

فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا ࣖ ۩

Fasjudū lillāhi wa‘budū.

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].