53 - Surah An-Najm النجم

By the star when it descends,

wal-najmi idhā hawā

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

mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghawā

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

It is not but a revelation revealed,

in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥā

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

ʿallamahu shadīdu l-quwā

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

dhū mirratin fa-is'tawā

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

wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿlā

Then he approached and descended

thumma danā fatadallā

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

fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā

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

mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā raā

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yarā

And he certainly saw him in another descent

walaqad raāhu nazlatan ukh'rā

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

ʿinda sid'rati l-muntahā

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

ʿindahā jannatu l-mawā

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

idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghshā

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

mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭaghā

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

laqad raā min āyāti rabbihi l-kub'rā

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

afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuzā

And Manat, the third - the other one?

wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'rā

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

alakumu l-dhakaru walahu l-unthā

That, then, is an unjust division.

til'ka idhan qis'matun ḍīzā

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.

in hiya illā asmāon sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wamā tahwā l-anfusu walaqad jāahum min rabbihimu l-hudā

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

am lil'insāni mā tamannā

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

falillahi l-ākhiratu wal-ūlā

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.

wakam min malakin fī l-samāwāti lā tugh'nī shafāʿatuhum shayan illā min baʿdi an yadhana l-lahu liman yashāu wayarḍā

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

inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūna l-malāikata tasmiyata l-unthā

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

wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shayan

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

fa-aʿriḍ ʿan man tawallā ʿan dhik'rinā walam yurid illā l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

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.

dhālika mablaghuhum mina l-ʿil'mi inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bimani ih'tadā

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] -

walillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi liyajziya alladhīna asāū bimā ʿamilū wayajziya alladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥus'nā

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.

alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāira l-ith'mi wal-fawāḥisha illā l-lamama inna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maghfirati huwa aʿlamu bikum idh ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa aʿlamu bimani ittaqā

Have you seen the one who turned away

afara-ayta alladhī tawallā

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

wa-aʿṭā qalīlan wa-akdā

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

aʿindahu ʿil'mu l-ghaybi fahuwa yarā

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

am lam yunabba bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā

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

wa-ib'rāhīma alladhī waffā

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

allā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'rā

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

wa-an laysa lil'insāni illā mā saʿā

And that his effort is going to be seen -

wa-anna saʿyahu sawfa yurā

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense

thumma yuj'zāhu l-jazāa l-awfā

And that to your Lord is the finality

wa-anna ilā rabbika l-muntahā

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

wa-annahu huwa aḍḥaka wa-abkā

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

wa-annahu huwa amāta wa-aḥyā

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

wa-annahu khalaqa l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

min nuṭ'fatin idhā tum'nā

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation

wa-anna ʿalayhi l-nashata l-ukh'rā

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

wa-annahu huwa aghnā wa-aqnā

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

wa-annahu huwa rabbu l-shiʿ'rā

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

wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūlā

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

wathamūdā famā abqā

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

waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭghā

And the overturned towns He hurled down

wal-mu'tafikata ahwā

And covered them by that which He covered.

faghashāhā mā ghashā

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbika tatamārā

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

hādhā nadhīrun mina l-nudhuri l-ūlā

The Approaching Day has approached.

azifati l-āzifatu

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

laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi kāshifatun

Then at this statement do you wonder?

afamin hādhā l-ḥadīthi taʿjabūna

And you laugh and do not weep

wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūna

While you are proudly sporting?

wa-antum sāmidūna

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].

fa-us'judū lillahi wa-uʿ'budū