An-Najm

53:1–4Page 526

وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

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

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ ٣

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ ٤

It is not but a revelation revealed,

53:5–11Page 526

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ٥

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

ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦

One of soundness.¹ And he rose to [his] true form²

وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.¹

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩

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

فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠

And he revealed to His Servant¹ what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

The heart¹ did not lie [about] what it saw.

53:12Page 526

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

53:13–18Page 526

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ١٣

And he certainly saw him in another descent¹

عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ ١٥

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

إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].¹

مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

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

لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ ١٨

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

53:19Page 526

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ١٩

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

53:20Page 526

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ ٢٠

And Manāt, the third - the other one?¹

53:21–23Page 526

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢١

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ ٢٢

That, then, is an unjust division.¹

إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ٢٣

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.

53:24–25Page 526

أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢٥

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

53:26Page 526

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ ٢٦

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.

53:27–28Page 527

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا ٢٨

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

53:29–30Page 527

فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ يُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٢٩

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

ذَٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ٣٠

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.