Al Najm

1 By the star when it descends,

1 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 is neither astray nor being misled.

2 Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa

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

3 Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.

3 Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

4 It is not but a revelation revealed,

4 It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:

4 In huwa illa wahyun yooha

5 Taught to him by one intense in strength -

5 He was taught by one Mighty in Power,

5 AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

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

6 Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form);

6 Thoo mirratin faistawa

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

7 While he was in the highest part of the horizon:

7 Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla

8 Then he approached and descended

8 Then he approached and came closer,

8 Thumma dana fatadalla

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

9 And was at a distance of but two bow - lengths or (even) nearer;

9 Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

10 And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

10 So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant - (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey.

10 Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha

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

11 The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.

11 Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa

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

12 Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?

12 Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara

13 And he certainly saw him in another descent

13 For indeed he saw him at a second descent,

13 Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

14 At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

14 Near the Lote - tree beyond which none may pass:

14 AAinda sidrati almuntaha

15 Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

15 Near it is the Garden of Abode.

15 AAindaha jannatu almawa

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

16 Behold, the Lote - tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)

16 Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha

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

17 (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!

17 Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha

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

18 For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!

18 Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra

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

19 Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza,

19 Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza

20 And Manat, the third - the other one?

20 And another, the third (goddess), Manat?

20 Wamanata alththalithata alokhra

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

21 What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?

21 Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha

22 That, then, is an unjust division.

22 Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!

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 These are nothing but names which ye have devised, - ye and your fathers, - for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire! - Even though there has already come to them Guidance 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 Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after?

24 Am lilinsani ma tamanna

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

25 But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong.

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 How many - so - ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He pleases and that he is acceptable to Him.

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 Those who believe not 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 But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.

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 shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world.

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 as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth best those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who receive guidance.

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 Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that He rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and He rewards those who do good, with what is best.

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 avoid great sins and shameful deeds, only (falling into) small faults, - verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you well when He brings you out of the earth, And when ye are hidden in your mothers' wombs. Therefore justify not yourselves: He knows best who it is that 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 Seest thou one who turns back,

33 Afaraayta allathee tawalla

34 And gave a little and [then] refrained?

34 Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)?

34 WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

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

35 What! Has he 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 Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the Books of Moses -

36 Am lam yunabba bima fee suhufi moosa

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

37 And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements? -

37 Waibraheema allathee waffa

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

38 Namely, that no bearer of burdens can 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 That man can 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 That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight:

40 Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

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

41 Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;

41 Thumma yujzahu aljazaa alawfa

42 And that to your Lord is the finality

42 That to thy Lord is the final Goal;

42 Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

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

43 That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears;

43 Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

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

44 That it is He Who granteth Death and Life;

44 Waannahu huwa amata waahya

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

45 That He did create in pairs, - male and female,

45 Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

46 From a sperm - drop when it is emitted

46 From a seed when lodged (in its place);

46 Min nutfatin itha tumna

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

47 That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead);

47 Waanna AAalayhi alnnashata alokhra

48 And that it is He who enriches and suffices

48 That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction;

48 Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

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

49 That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star);

49 Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra

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

50 And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),

50 Waannahu ahlaka AAadan aloola

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

51 And the Thamud nor gave them a lease of perpetual life.

51 Wathamooda fama abqa

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

52 And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) most unjust and most insolent transgressors,

52 Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha

53 And the overturned towns He hurled down

53 And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah).

53 Waalmutafikata ahwa

54 And covered them by that which He covered.

54 So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.

54 Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

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

55 Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou dispute about?

55 Fabiayyi alai rabbika tatamara

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

56 This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old!

56 Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri aloola

57 The Approaching Day has approached.

57 The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:

57 Azifati alazifatu

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

58 No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare.

58 Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun

59 Then at this statement do you wonder?

59 Do ye then wonder at this recital?

59 Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona

60 And you laugh and do not weep

60 And will ye laugh and not weep, -

60 Watadhakoona wala tabkoona

61 While you are proudly sporting?

61 Wasting your time in vanities?

61 Waantum samidoona

62 So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].

62 But fall ye down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)!

62 Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo