Al Najm

1 I swear by the star when it goes down.

1 Waalnnajmi itha hawa

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the star when it goes down (or vanishes).

2 Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;

2 Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa

2 Your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has neither gone astray nor has erred.

3 Nor does he speak out of desire.

3 Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

3 Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.

4 It is naught but revelation that is revealed,

4 In huwa illa wahyun yooha

4 It is only a Revelation revealed.

5 The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,

5 AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

5 He has been taught (this Qur'an) by one mighty in power [Jibril (Gabriel)]

6 The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,

6 Thoo mirratin faistawa

6 One free from any defect in body and mind then he (Jibril - Gabriel in his real shape as created by Allah) rose and became stable.

7 And he is in the highest part of the horizon.

7 Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla

7 While he [Jibril (Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon, (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

8 Then he drew near, then he bowed

8 Thumma dana fatadalla

8 Then he [Jibril (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,

9 So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.

9 Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

9 And was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer.

10 And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

10 Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha

10 So (Allah) revealed to His slave [Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel) عليه السلام] whatever He revealed.

11 The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.

11 Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa

11 The (Prophet's) heart lied not in what he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw.

12 What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?

12 Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara

12 Will you then dispute with him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about what he saw [during the Mi'raj: (Ascent of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to the seven heavens)]

13 And certainly he saw him in another descent,

13 Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

13 And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] at a second descent (i.e. another time).

14 At the farthest lote - tree;

14 AAinda sidrati almuntaha

14 Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (a lote-tree of the utmost boundary over the seventh heaven beyond which none can pass).

15 Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.

15 AAindaha jannatu almawa

15 Near it is the Paradise of Abode.

16 When that which covers covered the lote - tree;

16 Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha

16 When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it!

17 The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.

17 Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha

17 The sight (of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed beyond the limit (ordained for it).

18 Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

18 Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra

18 Indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) did see of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah).

19 Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,

19 Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza

19 Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs)

20 And Manat, the third, the last?

20 Wamanata alththalithata alokhra

20 And Manat (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third?

21 What! for you the males and for Him the females!

21 Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha

21 Is it for you the males and for Him the females?

22 This indeed is an unjust division!

22 Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

22 That indeed is a division most unfair!

23 They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.

23 In hiya illa asmaon sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wama tahwa alanfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda

23 They are but names which you have named - you and your fathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!

24 Or shall man have what he wishes?

24 Am lilinsani ma tamanna

24 Or shall man have what he wishes?

25 Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

25 Falillahi alakhiratu waaloola

25 But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).

26 And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.

26 Wakam min malakin fee alssamawati la tughnee shafaAAatuhum shayan illa min baAAdi an yathana Allahu liman yashao wayarda

26 And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He wills and is pleased with.

27 Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

27 Inna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati layusammoona almalaikata tasmiyata alontha

27 Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.

28 And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

28 Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wainna alththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqi shayan

28 But they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.

29 Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.

29 FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAan thikrina walam yurid illa alhayata alddunya

29 Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Qur'an) and desires nothing but the life of this world.

30 That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.

30 Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmi inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada

30 That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

31 And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.

31 Walillahi ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi liyajziya allatheena asaoo bima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoo bialhusna

31 And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise).

32 Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).

32 Allatheena yajtaniboona kabaira alithmi waalfawahisha illa allamama inna rabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ith anshaakum mina alardi waith antum ajinnatun fee butooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakum huwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa

32 Those who avoid great sins (See the Qur'an, Verses: 6:152,153) and Al-Fawahish (illegal sexual intercourse) except the small faults, - verily, your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well when He created you from the earth (Adam), and when you were fetuses in your mothers' wombs. So ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best him who fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him [i.e. those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2)].

33 Have you then seen him who turns his back?

33 Afaraayta allathee tawalla

33 Did you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) observe him who turned away (from Islam).

34 And gives a little and (then) withholds.

34 WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

34 And gave a little, then stopped (giving)?

35 Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?

35 aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

35 Is with him the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees?

36 Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?

36 Am lam yunabba bima fee suhufi moosa

36 Or is he not informed with what is in the Pages (Scripture) of Musa (Moses),

37 And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):

37 Waibraheema allathee waffa

37 And of Ibrahim (Abraham) who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (Allah ordered him to do or convey):

38 That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another -

38 Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra

38 That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another.

39 And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for -

39 Waan laysa lilinsani illa ma saAAa

39 And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad).

40 And that his striving shall soon be seen -

40 Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

40 And that his deeds will be seen.

41 Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward -

41 Thumma yujzahu aljazaa alawfa

41 Then he will be recompensed with a full and the best recompense.

42 And that to your Lord is the goal -

42 Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

42 And that to your Lord (Allah) is the End (Return of everything).

43 And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;

43 Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

43 And that it is He (Allah) Who makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep.

44 And that He it is Who causes death and gives life -

44 Waannahu huwa amata waahya

44 And that it is He (Allah) Who causes death and gives life.

45 And that He created pairs, the male and the female

45 Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

45 And that He (Allah) creates the pairs, male and female,

46 From the small seed when it is adapted

46 Min nutfatin itha tumna

46 From Nutfah (drops of semen - male and female discharges) when it is emitted.

47 And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;

47 Waanna AAalayhi alnnashata alokhra

47 And that upon Him (Allah) is another bringing forth (Resurrection).

48 And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;

48 Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

48 And that it is He (Allah) Who gives much or a little (of wealth and contentment)

49 And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;

49 Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra

49 And that He (Allah) is the Lord of Sirius (the star which the pagan Arabs used to worship).

50 And that He did destroy the Ad of old

50 Waannahu ahlaka AAadan aloola

50 And that it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former 'Ad (people),

51 And Samood, so He spared not

51 Wathamooda fama abqa

51 And Thamud (people): He spared none of them.

52 And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;

52 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha

52 And the people of Nuh (Noah) aforetime. Verily, they were more unjust and more rebellious and transgressing [in disobeying Allah and His Messenger Nuh (Noah) عليه السلام].

53 And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,

53 Waalmutafikata ahwa

53 And He destroyed the overthrown cities [of Sodom to which Prophet Lut (Lot) was sent].

54 So there covered them that which covered.

54 Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

54 So there covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones).

55 Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?

55 Fabiayyi alai rabbika tatamara

55 Then which of the Graces of your Lord (O man!) will you doubt?

56 This is a warner of the warners of old.

56 Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri aloola

56 This (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a warner (Messenger) of the (series of) warners (Messengers) of old.

57 The near event draws nigh.

57 Azifati alazifatu

57 The Day of Resurrection draws near.

58 There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.

58 Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun

58 None besides Allah can avert it (or advance it or delay it).

59 Do you then wonder at this announcement?

59 Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona

59 Do you then wonder at this recitation (the Qur'an)?

60 And will you laugh and not weep?

60 Watadhakoona wala tabkoona

60 And you laugh at it and weep not,

61 While you are indulging in varieties.

61 Waantum samidoona

61 Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing, etc.).

62 So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).

62 Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo

62 So fall you down in prostration to Allah and worship Him (Alone).