النجم

Waalnnajmi itha hawa

By the star when it sets,

Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa

Your companion [i.e., the Prophet] has neither strayed nor is he deluded.

Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

Nor does he speak out of his own desire.

In huwa illa wahyun yooha

It is but a revelation sent down [to him].

AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

He was taught by [an angel of] mighty power[1],

Thoo mirratin faistawa

and of great perfection[2], who manifested himself [in his true form][3]

Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla

when he was on the higher horizon[4].

Thumma dana fatadalla

Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended,

Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer.

Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha

Then he revealed to His slave[5] what he had to reveal.

Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa

The [Prophet’s] heart[6] did not deny what he saw.

Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara

Do you dispute with him concerning what he saw?

Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

He certainly saw him a second time[7]

AAinda sidrati almuntaha

at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary [in the seventh heaven]

AAindaha jannatu almawa

near which is the Garden of Abode,

Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha

when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors.

Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha

His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit.

Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra

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

Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza

Have you [O disbelievers] thought about [the idols of] Lāt and ‘Uzzā,

Wamanata alththalithata alokhra

and Manāt, the third one as well[8]?

Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha

Do you choose for yourselves males and for Him females?

Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

That is then an unfair division!

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

These [idols] are no more than names you and your forefathers have made up[9], 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.

Am lilinsani ma tamanna

Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for[10]?

Falillahi alakhiratu waaloola

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world.

Wakam min malakin fee alssamawati la tughnee shafaAAatuhum shayan illa min baAAdi an yathana Allahu liman yashao wayarda

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.

Inna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati layusammoona almalaikata tasmiyata alontha

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

Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wainna alththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqi shayan

They have no knowledge about it. They only follow conjecture, but conjecture is of no avail against the truth.

FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAan thikrina walam yurid illa alhayata alddunya

So pay no heed to those who turn away from Our message[11] and who only seek the life of this world.

Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmi inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada

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.

Walillahi ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi liyajziya allatheena asaoo bima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoo bialhusna

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[12],

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

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[13] and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers[14]. So do not claim purity for yourselves, for He knows best who is truly righteous.

Afaraayta allathee tawalla

Have you seen the one who turned away [from Islam],

WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

who gave a little, and then stopped?

aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he has insight[15]?

Am lam yunabba bima fee suhufi moosa

Or has he not been informed of what is in the Scriptures of Moses,

Waibraheema allathee waffa

and of Abraham, who fulfilled his duty?

Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra

That no bearer of burden will bear the burden of another,

Waan laysa lilinsani illa ma saAAa

and that man will not receive except what he strives for,

Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

and that his efforts will be examined,

Thumma yujzahu aljazaa alawfa

then he will be recompensed in full,

Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

and that to your Lord is the final return,

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

and that He is the One Who makes people laugh and weep[16],

Waannahu huwa amata waahya

and that He is the One Who causes death and gives life,

Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

and that He created the pairs, male and female,

Min nutfatin itha tumna

from a drop of sperm when it is emitted,

Waanna AAalayhi alnnashata alokhra

and it is upon Him to bring about the second creation.

Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

And He is the One Who enriches and bestows wealth,

Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra

and that He is the Lord of Sirius[17].

Waannahu ahlaka AAadan aloola

And that He destroyed the earlier ‘Ād[18],

Wathamooda fama abqa

and Thamūd[19], sparing none,

Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha

and [He destroyed] the people of Noah before them; they were indeed more wicked and more rebellious.

Waalmutafikata ahwa

And He toppled the cities[20] upside down,

Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

and they were utterly covered [by stones][21].

Fabiayyi alai rabbika tatamara

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

Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri aloola

This [Prophet] is a warner like the earlier warners.

Azifati alazifatu

The imminent Hour has drawn near,

Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun

none but Allah can disclose it.

Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona

Do you find this discourse astonishing,

Watadhakoona wala tabkoona

and you laugh [at it] and not weep,

Waantum samidoona

while heedlessly lost in amusement?

Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].