Al Najm

1 By the star when it descends,

1 I swear by the star when it goes down.

1 Waalnnajmi itha hawa

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

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

2 Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa

3 Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

3 Nor does he speak out of desire.

3 Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

4 It is not but a revelation revealed,

4 It is naught but revelation that is revealed,

4 In huwa illa wahyun yooha

5 Taught to him by one intense in strength -

5 The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,

5 AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

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

6 The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,

6 Thoo mirratin faistawa

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

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

7 Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla

8 Then he approached and descended

8 Then he drew near, then he bowed

8 Thumma dana fatadalla

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

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

9 Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

10 And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

10 And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

10 Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha

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

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

11 Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa

12 So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

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

12 Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara

13 And he certainly saw him in another descent

13 And certainly he saw him in another descent,

13 Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

14 At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

14 At the farthest lote - tree;

14 AAinda sidrati almuntaha

15 Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

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

15 AAindaha jannatu almawa

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

16 When that which covers covered the lote - tree;

16 Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha

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

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

17 Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha

18 He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

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

18 Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra

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

19 Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,

19 Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza

20 And Manat, the third - the other one?

20 And Manat, the third, the last?

20 Wamanata alththalithata alokhra

21 Is the male for you and for Him the female?

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

21 Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha

22 That, then, is an unjust division.

22 This indeed is an unjust division!

22 Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

23 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.

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

24 Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

24 Or shall man have what he wishes?

24 Am lilinsani ma tamanna

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

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

25 Falillahi alakhiratu waaloola

26 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 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.

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

31 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] -

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

32 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.

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

33 Have you seen the one who turned away

33 Have you then seen him who turns his back?

33 Afaraayta allathee tawalla

34 And gave a little and [then] refrained?

34 And gives a little and (then) withholds.

34 WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

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

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

35 aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

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

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

36 Am lam yunabba bima fee suhufi moosa

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

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

37 Waibraheema allathee waffa

38 That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

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

38 Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra

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

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

39 Waan laysa lilinsani illa ma saAAa

40 And that his effort is going to be seen -

40 And that his striving shall soon be seen -

40 Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

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

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

41 Thumma yujzahu aljazaa alawfa

42 And that to your Lord is the finality

42 And that to your Lord is the goal -

42 Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

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

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

43 Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

44 And that it is He who causes death and gives life

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

44 Waannahu huwa amata waahya

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

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

45 Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

46 From a sperm - drop when it is emitted

46 From the small seed when it is adapted

46 Min nutfatin itha tumna

47 And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation

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

47 Waanna AAalayhi alnnashata alokhra

48 And that it is He who enriches and suffices

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

48 Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

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

49 And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;

49 Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra

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

50 And that He did destroy the Ad of old

50 Waannahu ahlaka AAadan aloola

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

51 And Samood, so He spared not

51 Wathamooda fama abqa

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

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

52 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha

53 And the overturned towns He hurled down

53 And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,

53 Waalmutafikata ahwa

54 And covered them by that which He covered.

54 So there covered them that which covered.

54 Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

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

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

55 Fabiayyi alai rabbika tatamara

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

56 This is a warner of the warners of old.

56 Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri aloola

57 The Approaching Day has approached.

57 The near event draws nigh.

57 Azifati alazifatu

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

58 There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.

58 Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun

59 Then at this statement do you wonder?

59 Do you then wonder at this announcement?

59 Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona

60 And you laugh and do not weep

60 And will you laugh and not weep?

60 Watadhakoona wala tabkoona

61 While you are proudly sporting?

61 While you are indulging in varieties.

61 Waantum samidoona

62 So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].

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

62 Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo