وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ (1)
By the star when it sets |
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ (2)
Your companion [the Prophet] has neither strayed nor is he deluded |
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ (3)
Nor does he speak out of his own desire |
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ (4)
It is but a revelation sent down [to him] |
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ (5)
He was taught by [an angel of] mighty power |
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ (6)
and of great perfection, who manifested himself [in his true form] |
وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ (7)
when he was on the higher horizon |
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ (8)
Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended |
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ (9)
until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer |
فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ (10)
Then he revealed to His slave what he had to reveal |
مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ (11)
The [Prophet’s] heart did not deny what he saw |
أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ (12)
Do you dispute with him concerning what he saw |
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ (13)
He certainly saw him a second time |
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ (14)
at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary [in the seventh heaven] |
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ (15)
near which is the Garden of Abode |
إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ (16)
when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors |
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ (17)
His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit |
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ (18)
He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord |
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ (19)
Have you [O disbelievers] thought about [the idols of] al-Lāt and al-‘Uzzā |
وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ (20)
and Manāt, the third one as well |
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ (21)
Do you choose for yourselves males and for Him females |
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ (22)
That is then an unfair division |
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ (23)
These [idols] are no more than names you and your forefathers have made up, for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their souls desire, although there has come to them guidance from their Lord |
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ (24)
Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for |
فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ (25)
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world |
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ (26)
How many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will be of no avail except after Allah’s permission to whom He wills and pleases |
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ (27)
Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels female names |
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا (28)
They have no knowledge about it. They only follow conjecture, but conjecture is of no avail against the truth |
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا (29)
So pay no heed to those who turn away from Our message and who only seek the life of this world |
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ (30)
That is the limit of their knowledge. Indeed, your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Way, and He knows best who is guided |
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى (31)
To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, so that He may recompense the evildoers for what they did, and reward those who do good with the best reward |
الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ (32)
those who avoid major sins and shameful acts, except for minor lapses. Indeed, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you best, as He created you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim purity for yourselves, for He knows best who is truly righteous |
أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ (33)
Have you seen the one who turned away [from Islam] |
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ (34)
who gave a little, and then stopped |
أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ (35)
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he has insight |
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ (36)
Or has he not been informed of what is in the Scriptures of Moses |
وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ (37)
and of Abraham, who fulfilled his duty |
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ (38)
That no bearer of burden will bear the burden of another |
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ (39)
and that man will not receive except what he strives for |
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ (40)
and that his efforts will be examined |
ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ (41)
then he will be recompensed in full |
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَىٰ (42)
and that to your Lord is the final return |
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ (43)
and that He is the One Who makes people laugh and weep |
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا (44)
and that He is the One Who causes death and gives life |
وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ (45)
and that He created the pairs, male and female |
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ (46)
from an emitted drop of sperm |
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ (47)
and it is upon Him to bring about the second creation |
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ (48)
And He is the One Who enriches and bestows wealth |
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ (49)
and that He is the Lord of Sirius [a star worshiped before Islam] |
وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ (50)
And that He destroyed the earlier ‘Ād [people of Hūd] |
وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ (51)
and Thamūd [people of Sālih], sparing none |
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ (52)
and [He destroyed] the people of Noah before them; they were indeed more wicked and more rebellious |
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ (53)
And He toppled the cities [of Sodom and Gomorrah] upside down |
فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ (54)
and they were utterly covered [by stones] |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ (55)
Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt |
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ (56)
This [Prophet] is a warner like the earlier warners |
أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ (57)
The imminent Hour has drawn near |
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ (58)
none but Allah can disclose it |
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ (59)
Do you find this discourse astonishing |
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ (60)
and you laugh [at it] and not weep |
وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ (61)
while persisting in heedlessness |
فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩ (62)
So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him] |
