An-Najm

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

Wan-NAJMI ʹiẓaa hawaa,―

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

Maa- ḍalla Ṣaaḥibukum wa-maa g̣awaa,

Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

Wa-maa yañṭiq̣u ʻanil hawaa.

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

ʹIn huwa ʹillaa Waḥyuñy yooḥaa:

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

ʻAllamahoo Shadeedul Q̣uwaa,―

Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ

Ẓoo Mirratiñ fastawaa,

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

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

Wa-huwa bil-ʹufuq̣il ʹaʻlaa:

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

S̤umma danaa fatadallaa,

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

Fakaana Q̣aaba q̣awsayni ʹaw ʹadnaa.

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

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ

Faʹawḥaaa ʹilaa ʻAbdihee maaa ʹawḥaa.

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

Maa- kaẓabal fuʹaadu maa- raʹaa.

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

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

ʹAfatumaaroonahoo ʹalaa maa- yaraa?

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

Wa-laq̣ad raʹaahu nazlatan ʹukhraa,

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

ʻIñda Sidratil muñtahaa:

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ

ʻIñdahaa Jannatul Maʹwaa.

Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

ʹIẓ yag̣shas Sidrata maa- yag̣shaa!

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

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

Maa- zaag̣al baṣaru wa-maa ṭag̣aa!

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

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ

Laq̣ad raʹaa min ʹAayaati Rabbihil Kubraa!

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

ʹAfaraʹaytumul Laata wal-ʻUzzaa,

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ

Wa-Manaatas̤ s̤aalis̤atal ʹukhraa?

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

ʹA-lakumuẓ ẓakaru wa-lahul ʹuñs̤aa?

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ

Tilka ʹiẓañ q̣ismatuñ ḍeezaa!

That, then, is an unjust division.

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

ʹIn hiya ʹillaaa ʹasmaaaʹuñ sammaytumoohaaa ʹañtum wa-ʹaabaaaʹukum maaa ʹañzalal laahu bihaa miñ sulṭaan. ʹIñy yattabiʻoona ʹillaz̤̣ z̤̣anna wa-maa tahwal ʹañfus!- Walaq̣ad jaaaʹahum mir Rabbihimul Hudaa!

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh 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.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

ʹAm lil-ʹiñsaani maa- tamannaa?

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

Falillahil ʹAakhiratu wal-ʹoolaa.

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

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

Wa-kam mim malakiñ fis samaawaati laa- tug̣nee shafaaʻatuhum shayʹan ʹillaa mim baʻdi ʹañy yaʹẓanal laahu limañy yashaaaʹu wa-yarḍaa.

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

ʹInnal laẓeena laa- yuʹminoona bil-ʹAakhirati layusammoonal malaaaʹikata tasmiyatal ʹuñs̤aa.

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

Wa-maa lahum̃ bihee min ʻilm. ʹIñy yattabiʻoona ʹillaz̤̣ z̤̣ann: wa-ʹinnaz̤̣ z̤̣anna laa- yug̣nee minal Ḥaq̣q̣i shayʹaa.

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

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

Faʹaʻriḍ ʻam mañ tawallaa ʻañ ẓikrinaa wa-lam yurid ʹillal ḥayaatad dunyaa.

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

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

Ẓaalika mablag̣uhum minal ʻilm. ʹInna Rabbaka Huwa ʹaʻlamu bimañ ḍalla ʻañ sabeelihee wa-Huwa ʹaʻlamu bimanih tadaa.

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.

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى

Walillaahi maa- fis samaawaati wa-maa fil ʹarḍi liyajziyal laẓeena ʹasaaaʹoo bimaa ʻamiloo wa-yajziyal laẓeena ʹaḥsanoo bilḥusnaa.

And to Allāh 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] -

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ

ʹAllaẓeena yajtaniboona kabaaaʹiral ʹis̤mi walfawaaḥisha ʹillal lamam,― ʹinna Rabbaka Waasiʻul Mag̣firah. Huwa ʹaʻlamu bikum ʹiz ʹañshaʹakum minal ʹarḍi wa-ʹiz ʹañtum ʹajinnatuñ fee buṭooni ʹummahaatikum. Falaa tuzakkooo ʹañfusakum: Huwa ʹaʻlamu bimanit taq̣aa.

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.

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ

ʹAfaraʹaytal laẓee tawallaa,

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ

Wa-ʹaʻṭaa q̣aleelañw waʹakdaa?

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ

ʹAʻiñdahoo ʻilmul g̣aybi fahuwa yaraa?

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

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ

ʹAm lam yunabbaʹ bimaa fee Ṣuḥufi Moosaa.

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

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ

Wa-ʹIbraaheemal laẓee waffaa?―

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

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

ʹAllaa taziru waaziratuñw wizra ʹukhraa;

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

Wa-ʹal laysa lil-ʹiñsaani ʹillaa maa- saʻaa;

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

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ

Wa-ʹanna saʻyahoo sawfa yuraa;

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ

S̤umma yujzaahul jazaaa ʹal-ʹawfaa;

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

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

Wa-ʹanna ʹilaa Rabbikal Muñtahaa;

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ

Wa-ʹannahoo Huwa ʹaḍḥaka wa-ʹabkaa;

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

Wa-ʹannahoo Huwa ʹamaata wa-ʹaḥyaa;

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Wa-ʹannahoo khalaq̣az zawjayniẓ ẓakara wal-ʹuñs̤aa,

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

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

Min nuṭfatin ʹiẓaa tumnaa;

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ

Wa-ʹanna ʻalayhin Nashʹatal ʹUkhraa;

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ

Wa-ʹannahoo Huwa ʹag̣naa wa-ʹaq̣naa;

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ

Wa-ʹannahu Huwa Rabbush Shiʻraa;

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

Wa-ʹannahooo ʹahlaka ʻAadanil ʹOolaa,

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ

Wa-S̤amooda famaaa ʹabq̣aa,

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

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

Wa-q̣awma Nooḥim miñ q̣ablu ʹinnahum kaanoo hum ʹaz̤̣lama wa-ʹaṭg̣aa;

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

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

Wal-muʹtafikata ʹahwaa,

And the overturned towns He hurled down

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ

Fag̣ashshaahaa maa- g̣ashshaa.

And covered them by that which He covered.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbika tatamaaraa?

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

هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Haaẓaa Naẓeerum minan nuẓuril ʹoolaa!

This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ

ʹAzifatil ʹAazifah:

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

Laysa lahaa miñ doonil laahi kaashifah.

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

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

ʹAfamin haaẓal ḥadees̤i taʻjaboon?

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

Wa-taḍḥakoona wa-laa tabkoon,―

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ

Wa-ʹañtum saamidoon?

While you are proudly sporting?

فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩

Fasjudoo lillaahi waʻbudoo!

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].