Chapter 53, 62 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the star when it goes down (or vanishes).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنجم إذا هوى
وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
Your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has neither gone astray nor has erred.
ما ضل صاحبكم وما غوى
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.
وما ينطق عن الهوى
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
It is only a Revelation revealed.
إن هو إلا وحي يوحى
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ
He has been taught (this Qur'an) by one mighty in power [Jibril (Gabriel)]
علمه شديد القوى
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ
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.
ذو مرة فاستوى
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
While he [Jibril (Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon, (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
وهو بالأفق الأعلى
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Then he [Jibril (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,
ثم دنا فتدلى
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
And was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer.
فكان قاب قوسين أو أدنى
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
So (Allah) revealed to His slave [Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel) عليه السلام] whatever He revealed.
فأوحى إلى عبده ما أوحى
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ
The (Prophet's) heart lied not in what he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw.
ما كذب الفؤاد ما رأى
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
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)]
أفتمارونه على ما يرى
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] at a second descent (i.e. another time).
ولقد رآه نزلة أخرى
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (a lote-tree of the utmost boundary over the seventh heaven beyond which none can pass).
عند سدرة المنتهى
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
Near it is the Paradise of Abode.
عندها جنة المأوى
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ
When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it!
إذ يغشى السدرة ما يغشى
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
The sight (of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed beyond the limit (ordained for it).
ما زاغ البصر وما طغى
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
Indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) did see of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah).
لقد رأى من آيات ربه الكبرى
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ
Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs)
أفرأيتم اللات والعزى
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
And Manat (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third?
ومناة الثالثة الأخرى
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
Is it for you the males and for Him the females?
ألكم الذكر وله الأنثى
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
That indeed is a division most unfair!
تلك إذا قسمة ضيزى
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ
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!
إن هي إلا أسماء سميتموها أنتم وآباؤكم ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان ۚ إن يتبعون إلا الظن وما تهوى الأنفس ۖ ولقد جاءهم من ربهم الهدى
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْ
Or shall man have what he wishes?
أم للإنسان ما تمنى
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).
فلله الآخرة والأولى
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
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.
۞ وكم من ملك في السماوات لا تغني شفاعتهم شيئا إلا من بعد أن يأذن الله لمن يشاء ويرضى
وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ
Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.
إن الذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة ليسمون الملائكة تسمية الأنثى
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
But they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.
وما لهم به من علم ۖ إن يتبعون إلا الظن ۖ وإن الظن لا يغني من الحق شيئا
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا
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.
فأعرض عن من تولى عن ذكرنا ولم يرد إلا الحياة الدنيا
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
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.
ذلك مبلغهم من العلم ۚ إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بمن اهتدى
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ
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).
ولله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض ليجزي الذين أساءوا بما عملوا ويجزي الذين أحسنوا بالحسنى
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى
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)].
الذين يجتنبون كبائر الإثم والفواحش إلا اللمم ۚ إن ربك واسع المغفرة ۚ هو أعلم بكم إذ أنشأكم من الأرض وإذ أنتم أجنة في بطون أمهاتكم ۖ فلا تزكوا أنفسكم ۖ هو أعلم بمن اتقى
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّه
Did you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) observe him who turned away (from Islam).
أفرأيت الذي تولى
أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ
And gave a little, then stopped (giving)?
وأعطى قليلا وأكدى
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ
Is with him the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees?
أعنده علم الغيب فهو يرى
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
Or is he not with what is in the Pages (Scripture) of Musa (Moses),
أم لم ينبأ بما في صحف موسى
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
And of Ibrahim (Abraham) who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (Allah ordered him to do or convey):
وإبراهيم الذي وفى
وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ
That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another.
ألا تزر وازرة وزر أخرى
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad).
وأن ليس للإنسان إلا ما سعى
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
And that his deeds will be seen.
وأن سعيه سوف يرى
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
Then he will be recompensed with a full and the best recompense.
ثم يجزاه الجزاء الأوفى
ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ
And that to your Lord (Allah) is the End (Return of everything).
وأن إلى ربك المنتهى
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
And that it is He (Allah) Who makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep.
وأنه هو أضحك وأبكى
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
And that it is He (Allah) Who causes death and gives life.
وأنه هو أمات وأحيا
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
And that He (Allah) creates the pairs, male and female,
وأنه خلق الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
From Nutfah (drops of semen - male and female discharges) when it is emitted.
من نطفة إذا تمنى
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
And that upon Him (Allah) is another bringing forth (Resurrection).
وأن عليه النشأة الأخرى
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ
And that it is He (Allah) Who gives much or a little (of wealth and contentment)
وأنه هو أغنى وأقنى
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
And that He (Allah) is the Lord of Sirius (the star which the pagan Arabs used to worship).
وأنه هو رب الشعرى
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
And that it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former 'Ad (people),
وأنه أهلك عادا الأولى
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ
And Thamud (people): He spared none of them.
وثمود فما أبقى
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ
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].
وقوم نوح من قبل ۖ إنهم كانوا هم أظلم وأطغى
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
And He destroyed the overthrown cities [of Sodom to which Prophet Lut (Lot) was sent].
والمؤتفكة أهوى
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
So there covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones).
فغشاها ما غشى
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
Then which of the Graces of your Lord (O man!) will you doubt?
فبأي آلاء ربك تتمارى
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
This (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a warner (Messenger) of the (series of) warners (Messengers) of old.
هذا نذير من النذر الأولى
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
The Day of Resurrection draws near.
أزفت الآزفة
أَزِفَتِ ٱلْءَازِفَةُ
None besides Allah can avert it (or advance it or delay it).
ليس لها من دون الله كاشفة
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
Do you then wonder at this recitation (the Qur'an)?
أفمن هذا الحديث تعجبون
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
And you laugh at it and weep not,
وتضحكون ولا تبكون
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing, etc.).
وأنتم سامدون
وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ
So fall you down in prostration to Allah and worship Him (Alone).
فاسجدوا لله واعبدوا ۩
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟