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Surat an-najm (Star)

النّجْم

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وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ

wan-najmi iżā hawā

I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰىۚ

mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa mā gawā

That your companion is not confused nor has he gone astray

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰى

wa mā yanṭiqu 'anil-hawā

Neither does he speak of his own will.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُّوْحٰىۙ

in huwa illā waḥyuy yụḥā

This is only revelation communicated

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰىۙ

'allamahụ syadīdul-quwā

Bestowed on him by the Supreme Intellect

ذُوْ مِرَّةٍۗ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ

żụ mirrah, fastawā

Lord of power and wisdom. So he acquired poise and balance

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰىۗ

wa huwa bil-ufuqil-a'lā

And reached the highest pinnacle.

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ

ṡumma danā fa tadallā

Then he drew near and drew closer

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰىۚ

fa kāna qāba qausaini au adnā

Until a space of two bow (arcs) or even less remained

فَاَوْحٰىٓ اِلٰى عَبْدِهٖ مَآ اَوْحٰىۗ

fa auḥā ilā 'abdihī mā auḥā

When He revealed to His votary what He revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰى

mā każabal-fu`ādu mā ra`ā

His heart did not falsify what he perceived.

اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰى مَا يَرٰى

a fa tumārụnahụ 'alā mā yarā

Will you dispute with him what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰىۙ

wa laqad ra`āhu nazlatan ukhrā

He saw Him indeed another time

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى

'inda sidratil-muntahā

By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

'indahā jannatul-ma`wā

Close to which is the Garden of Tranquility

اِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰىۙ

iż yagsyas-sidrata mā yagsyā

When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over;

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى

mā zāgal-baṣaru wa mā ṭagā

Neither did sight falter nor exceed the bounds.

لَقَدْ رَاٰى مِنْ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰى

laqad ra`ā min āyāti rabbihil-kubrā

Indeed he saw some of the greatest signs of His Lord.

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰى

a fa ra`aitumul-lāta wal-'uzzā

Have you considered Lat and ´Uzza

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰى

wa manātaṡ-ṡāliṡatal-ukhrā

And Manat the other third (of the pagan deities)?

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى

a lakumuż-żakaru wa lahul-unṡā

Are there sons for you and daughters for Him?

تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيْزٰى

tilka iżang qismatun ḍīzā

This is certainly an unjust apportioning.

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّآ اَسْمَاۤءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَآ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمْ مَّآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَاۤءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىۗ

in hiya illā asmā`un sammaitumụhā antum wa ābā`ukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān, iy yattabi'ụna illaẓ-ẓanna wa mā tahwal-anfus, wa laqad jā`ahum mir rabbihimul-hudā

These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord.

اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰىۖ

am lil-insāni mā tamannā

Can ever man get what he desires?

فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰى

fa lillāhil-ākhiratu wal-ụlā

To God belong the End and the Beginning.

وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِيْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَّأْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَرْضٰى

wa kam mim malakin fis-samāwāti lā tugnī syafā'atuhum syai`an illā mim ba'di ay ya`żanallāhu limay yasyā`u wa yarḍā

Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God´s permission for whomsoever He please and approve.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰى

innallażīna lā yu`minụna bil-ākhirati layusammụnal-malā`ikata tasmiyatal-unṡā

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels names of females.

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِيْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔاۚ

wa mā lahum bihī min 'ilm, iy yattabi'ụna illaẓ-ẓanna wa innaẓ-ẓanna lā yugnī minal-ḥaqqi syai`ā

Yet they have no knowledge of this and follow nothing but conjecture but conjecture cannot replace the truth.

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰىۙ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۗ

fa a'riḍ 'am man tawallā 'an żikrinā wa lam yurid illal-ḥayātad-dun-yā

So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world:

ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِۗ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰى

żālika mablaguhum minal-'ilm, inna rabbaka huwa a'lamu biman ḍalla 'an sabīlihī wa huwa a'lamu bimanihtadā

This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance.

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۗ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسَاۤءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰىۚ

wa lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, liyajziyallażīna asā`ụ bimā 'amilụ wa yajziyallażīna aḥsanụ bil-ḥusnā

To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth that He may requite those who do evil in accordance with their deeds and those who do good with good.

اَلَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰۤىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِيْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْۗ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْٓا اَنْفُسَكُمْۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى

allażīna yajtanibụna kabā`iral-iṡmi wal-fawāḥisya illal-lamama inna rabbaka wāsi'ul-magfirah, huwa a'lamu bikum iż ansya`akum minal-arḍi wa iż antum ajinnatun fī buṭụni ummahātikum, fa lā tuzakkū anfusakum, huwa a'lamu bimanittaqā

As for those who avoid the greater sins and shameful acts except minor trespasses your Lord´s forgiveness surely has great amplitude. He is fully knowledgeable of you as He produced you from the earth and since you were a foetus in your mother´s womb. So do not assert your goodness; he is better who takes heed and preserves himself.

اَفَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِيْ تَوَلّٰىۙ

a fa ra`aitallażī tawallā

Have you seen him who turns his back

وَاَعْطٰى قَلِيْلًا وَّاَكْدٰى

wa a'ṭā qalīlaw wa akdā

Who gives but little and is niggardly?

اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰى

a 'indahụ 'ilmul-gaibi fa huwa yarā

Has he knowledge of the Unknown that he perceives everything?

اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِيْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰى

am lam yunabba` bimā fī ṣuḥufi mụsā

Has he not heard what is contained in the Book of Moses

وَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ الَّذِيْ وَفّٰىٓ ۙ

wa ibrāhīmallażī waffā

And of Abraham who fulfilled his trust? --

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰىۙ

allā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā

That no one who carries a burden bears another´s load;

وَاَنْ لَّيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ

wa al laisa lil-insāni illā mā sa'ā

That a man receives but only that for which he strives;

وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهٗ سَوْفَ يُرٰىۖ

wa anna sa'yahụ saufa yurā

That his endeavours will be judged

ثُمَّ يُجْزٰىهُ الْجَزَاۤءَ الْاَوْفٰىۙ

ṡumma yujzāhul-jazā`al-aufā

And only then will he receive his recompense in full;

وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ

wa anna ilā rabbikal-muntahā

And that to your Lord is your returning;

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰى

wa annahụ huwa aḍ-ḥaka wa abkā

That it is He who makes you happy and morose

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْيَاۙ

wa annahụ huwa amāta wa aḥyā

And He who ordains death and life;

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰى

wa annahụ khalaqaz-zaujainiż-żakara wal-unṡā

That He created pairs male and female

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰىۙ

min nuṭfatin iżā tumnā

From a drop of semen when emitted;

وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰىۙ

wa anna 'alaihin-nasy`atal-ukhrā

That the second creation is incumbent on Him;

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰى وَاَقْنٰىۙ

wa annahụ huwa agnā wa aqnā

That it is He who makes you rich and contented;

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰىۙ

wa annahụ huwa rabbusy-syi'rā

That He is the Lord of Sirius;

وَاَنَّهٗٓ اَهْلَكَ عَادًا ۨالْاُوْلٰىۙ

wa annahū ahlaka 'ādanil-ụlā

That it was He who destroyed the ´Ad of old

وَثَمُوْدَا۟ فَمَآ اَبْقٰىۙ

wa ṡamụda fa mā abqā

And Thamud and did not leave them

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىۗ

wa qauma nụḥim ming qabl, innahum kānụ hum aẓlama wa aṭgā

Like the people of Noah before them who were surely oppressors and rebellious;

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ

wal-mu`tafikata ahwā

And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain

فَغَشّٰىهَا مَا غَشّٰىۚ

fa gasysyāhā mā gasysyā

So that they were covered over by what they were covered over.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰى

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbika tatamārā

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

هٰذَا نَذِيْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰى

hāżā nażīrum minan-nużuril-ụlā

He who warns you is one of the warners of old.

اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفةُ ۚ

azifatil-āzifah

What is to come is imminent.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۗ

laisa lahā min dụnillāhi kāsyifah

There is no one to unveil it apart from God.

اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَۙ

a fa min hāżal-ḥadīṡi ta'jabụn

Are you astonished at this news

وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَۙ

wa taḍ-ḥakụna wa lā tabkụn

And keep laughing and do not weep

وَاَنْتُمْ سَامِدُوْنَ

wa antum sāmidụn

Indulging in pleasantries?

فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا ۩

fasjudụ lillāhi wa'budụ

Bow instead in adoration before God and worship Him.