An-Najm

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ1

   By the star when it descends,

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2. Verse 2:

   مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ2

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

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3. Verse 3:

   وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ3

   Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

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4. Verse 4:

   إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ4

   It is not but a revelation revealed,

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5. Verse 5:

   عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ5

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

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6. Verse 6:

   ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ6

   One of soundness.^{note 1562} And he rose to [his] true form^{note 1563}

   Notes, Verse 6

   [1562] i.e., strength of body and of mind.

   [1563] Gabriel appeared to Muḥammad (ﷺ) at the outset of his prophethood in the angelic form in which Allāh originally created him.

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7. Verse 7:

   وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ7

   While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.^{note 1564}

   Notes, Verse 7

   [1564] i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.

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8. Verse 8:

   ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ8

   Then he approached and descended

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9. Verse 9:

   فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ9

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

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10. Verse 10:

    فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ10

    And he revealed to His Servant^{note 1565} what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

    Notes, Verse 10

    [1565] i.e., to the Servant of Allāh, Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

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11. Verse 11:

    مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ11

    The heart^{note 1566} did not lie [about] what it saw.

    Notes, Verse 11

    [1566] i.e., mind or perception (of the Prophet [ﷺ]).

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12. Verse 12:

    أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ12

    So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

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13. Verse 13:

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ13

    And he certainly saw him in another descent^{note 1567}

    Notes, Verse 13

    [1567] i.e., on another occasion. During his ascent into the heavens (al-Miʿrāj), the Prophet (ﷺ) also saw Gabriel in his true form.

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14. Verse 14:

    عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ14

    At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

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15. Verse 15:

    عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ15

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

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16. Verse 16:

    إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ16

    When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].^{note 1568}

    Notes, Verse 16

    [1568] Then and there he (ﷺ) saw Gabriel in angelic form.

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17. Verse 17:

    مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ17

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

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18. Verse 18:

    لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ18

    He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

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19. Verse 19:

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ19

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

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20. Verse 20:

    وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ20

    And Manāt, the third - the other one?^{note 1569}

    Notes, Verse 20

    [1569] The three names given in this and the previous verse are those of well-known "goddesses" which were worshipped by the pagan Arabs before the spread of Islām.

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21. Verse 21:

    أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ21

    Is the male for you and for Him the female?

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22. Verse 22:

    تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ22

    That, then, is an unjust division.^{note 1570}

    Notes, Verse 22

    [1570] According to their own standards.

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23. Verse 23:

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ23

    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.

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24. Verse 24:

    أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ24

    Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

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25. Verse 25:

    فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ25

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

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26. Verse 26:

    ۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ26

    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.

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    Verse 27:

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ27

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

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28. Verse 28:

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا28

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

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29. Verse 29:

    فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا29

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

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30. Verse 30:

    ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ30

    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.

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31. Verse 31:

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى31

    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] -

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32. Verse 32:

    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 ٱتَّقَىٰٓ32

    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.

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33. Verse 33:

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ33

    Have you seen the one who turned away

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34. Verse 34:

    وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ34

    And gave a little and [then] refrained?

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35. Verse 35:

    أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ35

    Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?^{note 1571}

    Notes, Verse 35

    [1571] Knows that his provision will be exhausted if he spends on the poor, while Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has promised otherwise.

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36. Verse 36:

    أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ36

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

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37. Verse 37:

    وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ37

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

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38. Verse 38:

    أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ38

    That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

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39. Verse 39:

    وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ39

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

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40. Verse 40:

    وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ40

    And that his effort is going to be seen -

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41. Verse 41:

    ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ41

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

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42. Verse 42:

    وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ42

    And that to your Lord is the finality

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43. Verse 43:

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ43

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

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44. Verse 44:

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا44

    And that it is He who causes death and gives life

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    Verse 45:

    وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ45

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

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46. Verse 46:

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ46

    From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

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47. Verse 47:

    وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ47

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

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48. Verse 48:

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ48

    And that it is He who enriches and suffices

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49. Verse 49:

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ49

    And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius^{note 1572}

    Notes, Verse 49

    [1572] A star worshipped by some of the pagan Arabs.

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50. Verse 50:

    وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ50

    And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

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51. Verse 51:

    وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ51

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

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52. Verse 52:

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ52

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

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53. Verse 53:

    وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ53

    And the overturned towns^{note 1573} He hurled down

    Notes, Verse 53

    [1573] Whose inhabitants defied Prophet Lot.

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54. Verse 54:

    فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ54

    And covered them by that which He covered.^{note 1574}

    Notes, Verse 54

    [1574] i.e., a rain of stones.

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55. Verse 55:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ55

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

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56. Verse 56:

    هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ56

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

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57. Verse 57:

    أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ57

    The Approaching Day has approached.

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58. Verse 58:

    لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ58

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

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59. Verse 59:

    أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ59

    Then at this statement do you wonder?

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60. Verse 60:

    وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ60

    And you laugh and do not weep

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61. Verse 61:

    وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ61

    While you are proudly sporting?^{note 1575}

    Notes, Verse 61

    [1575] Additional meanings are "singing [with expanded chest]," "heedless," or "lost in vain amusements."

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62. Prostration of recitation

    Verse 62:

    فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩62

    So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

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