Surah An-Najm

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 53:1

   وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ﴿١﴾

   wa-n-naǧmi ˈiḏā hawā

   By the star when it sets:

2. 53:2

   مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ﴿٢﴾

   mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa-mā ġawā

   your companion has neither gone astray, nor amiss.

3. 53:3

   وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ﴿٣﴾

   wa-mā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

   Nor does he speak out of [his own] desire:

4. 53:4

   إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ﴿٤﴾

   ˈin huwa ˈillā waḥyun yūḥā

   it is just a revelation that is revealed [to him],

5. 53:5

   عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ﴿٥﴾

   ʿallamahū šadīdu l-quwā

   taught him by one of great powers,

6. 53:6

   ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ﴿٦﴾

   ḏū mirratin fa-stawā

   possessed of sound judgement. He settled,

7. 53:7

   وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ﴿٧﴾

   wa-huwa bi-l-ˈufuqi l-ˈaʿlā

   while he was on the highest horizon.

8. 53:8

   ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ﴿٨﴾

   ṯumma danā fa-tadallā

   Then he drew nearer and nearer

9. 53:9

   فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ﴿٩﴾

   fa-kāna qāba qawsayni ˈaw ˈadnā

   until he was within two bows’ length or even nearer,

10. 53:10

    فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ﴿١٠﴾

    fa-ˈawḥā ˈilā ʿabdihī mā ˈawḥā

    whereat He revealed to His servant whatever He revealed.

11. 53:11

    مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ﴿١١﴾

    mā kaḏaba l-fuˈādu mā raˈā

    The heart did not deny what it saw.

12. 53:12

    أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ﴿١٢﴾

    ˈa-fa-tumārūnahū ʿalā mā yarā

    Will you then dispute with him about what he saw?!

13. 53:13

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ﴿١٣﴾

    wa-la-qad raˈāhu nazlatan ˈuḫrā

    Certainly he saw it yet another time,

14. 53:14

    عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ﴿١٤﴾

    ʿinda sidrati l-muntahā

    by the Lote Tree of the Ultimate Boundary,

15. 53:15

    عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ﴿١٥﴾

    ʿindahā ǧannatu l-maˈwā

    near which is the Garden of the Abode,

16. 53:16

    إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ﴿١٦﴾

    ˈiḏ yaġšā s-sidrata mā yaġšā

    when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it.

17. 53:17

    مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ﴿١٧﴾

    mā zāġa l-baṣaru wa-mā ṭaġā

    His gaze did not swerve, nor did it overstep the bounds.

18. 53:18

    لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ﴿١٨﴾

    la-qad raˈā min ˈāyāti rabbihi l-kubrā

    Certainly he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.

19. 53:19

    أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ﴿١٩﴾

    ˈa-fa-raˈaytumu l-lāta wa-l-ʿuzzā

    Have you considered Lat and ‘Uzza?

20. 53:20

    وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ﴿٢٠﴾

    wa-manāta ṯ-ṯāliṯata l-ˈuḫrā

    and Manat, the third one?

21. 53:21

    أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ﴿٢١﴾

    ˈa-lakumu ḏ-ḏakaru wa-lahu l-ˈunṯā

    Are you to have males and He females?

22. 53:22

    تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ﴿٢٢﴾

    tilka ˈiḏan qismatun ḍīzā

    That, then, will be an unfair division!

23. 53:23

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ﴿٢٣﴾

    ˈin hiya ˈillā ˈasmāˈun sammaytumūhā ˈantum wa-ˈābāˈukum mā ˈanzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin ˈin yattabiʿūna ˈillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-mā tahwā l-ˈanfusu wa-la-qad ǧāˈahum min rabbihimu l-hudā

    These are but names, which you have coined—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.

24. 53:24

    أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ﴿٢٤﴾

    ˈam li-l-ˈinsāni mā tamannā

    Shall man have whatever he yearns for?

25. 53:25

    فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ﴿٢٥﴾

    fa-li-llāhi l-ˈāḫiratu wa-l-ˈūlā

    Yet to Allah belong this world and the Hereafter.

26. 53:26

    وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ﴿٢٦﴾

    wa-kam min malakin fī s-samāwāti lā tuġnī šafāʿatuhum šayˈan ˈillā min baʿdi ˈan yaˈḏana llāhu li-man yašāˈu wa-yarḍā

    How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession is of not any avail, except after Allah permits whomever He wishes and approves of!

27. 53:27

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ﴿٢٧﴾

    ˈinna llaḏīna lā yuˈminūna bi-l-ˈāḫirati la-yusammūna l-malāˈikata tasmiyata l-ˈunṯā

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

28. 53:28

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا﴿٢٨﴾

    wa-mā lahum bihī min ʿilmin ˈin yattabiʿūna ˈillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-ˈinna ẓ-ẓanna lā yuġnī mina l-ḥaqqi šayˈan

    They do not have any knowledge of that. They follow nothing but conjectures, and conjecture is no substitute for the truth.

29. 53:29

    فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا﴿٢٩﴾

    fa-ˈaʿriḍ ʿan man tawallā ʿan ḏikrinā wa-lam yurid ˈillā l-ḥayāta d-dunyā

    So avoid those who turn away from Our remembrance and desire nothing but the life of the world.

30. 53:30

    ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ﴿٣٠﴾

    ḏālika mablaġuhum mina l-ʿilmi ˈinna rabbaka huwa ˈaʿlamu bi-man ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa-huwa ˈaʿlamu bi-mani htadā

    That is the ultimate reach of their knowledge. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are [rightly] guided.

31. 53:31

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى﴿٣١﴾

    wa-li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ˈarḍi li-yaǧziya llaḏīna ˈasāˈū bi-mā ʿamilū wa-yaǧziya llaḏīna ˈaḥsanū bi-l-ḥusnā

    To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil for what they have done, and reward those who do good with the best [of rewards].

32. 53:32

    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 ٱتَّقَىٰٓ﴿٣٢﴾

    allaḏīna yaǧtanibūna kabāˈira l-ˈiṯmi wa-l-fawāḥiša ˈillā l-lamama ˈinna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maġfirati huwa ˈaʿlamu bikum ˈiḏ ˈanšaˈakum mina l-ˈarḍi wa-ˈiḏ ˈantum ˈaǧinnatun fī buṭūni ˈummahātikum fa-lā tuzakkū ˈanfusakum huwa ˈaʿlamu bi-mani ttaqā

    Those who avoid major sins and indecencies, apart from [minor and occasional] lapses. Indeed your Lord is expansive in [His] forgiveness. He knows you best since [the time] He produced you from the earth and since you were foetuses in the bellies of your mothers. So do not flaunt your piety: He knows best those who are Godwary.

33. 53:33

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ﴿٣٣﴾

    ˈa-fa-raˈayta llaḏī tawallā

    Did you see him who turned away,

34. 53:34

    وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ﴿٣٤﴾

    wa-ˈaʿṭā qalīlan wa-ˈakdā

    gave a little and held off?

35. 53:35

    أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ﴿٣٥﴾

    ˈa-ʿindahū ʿilmu l-ġaybi fa-huwa yarā

    Does he have the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees?

36. 53:36

    أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ﴿٣٦﴾

    ˈam lam yunabbaˈ bi-mā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā

    Has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses,

37. 53:37

    وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ﴿٣٧﴾

    wa-ˈibrāhīma llaḏī waffā

    and of Abraham, who fulfilled [his summons]:

38. 53:38

    أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ﴿٣٨﴾

    ˈallā taziru wāziratun wizra ˈuḫrā

    that no bearer shall bear another’s burden,

39. 53:39

    وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ﴿٣٩﴾

    wa-ˈan laysa li-l-ˈinsāni ˈillā mā saʿā

    that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for,

40. 53:40

    وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ﴿٤٠﴾

    wa-ˈanna saʿyahū sawfa yurā

    and that he will soon be shown his endeavour,

41. 53:41

    ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ﴿٤١﴾

    ṯumma yuǧzāhu l-ǧazāˈa l-ˈawfā

    then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward;

42. 53:42

    وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ﴿٤٢﴾

    wa-ˈanna ˈilā rabbika l-muntahā

    that the terminus is toward your Lord,

43. 53:43

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ﴿٤٣﴾

    wa-ˈannahū huwa ˈaḍḥaka wa-ˈabkā

    that it is He who makes [men] laugh, and weep,

44. 53:44

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا﴿٤٤﴾

    wa-ˈannahū huwa ˈamāta wa-ˈaḥyā

    that it is He who brings death and gives life,

45. 53:45

    وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ﴿٤٥﴾

    wa-ˈannahū ḫalaqa z-zawǧayni ḏ-ḏakara wa-l-ˈunṯā

    that it is He who created the mates, the male and the female,

46. 53:46

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ﴿٤٦﴾

    min nuṭfatin ˈiḏā tumnā

    from a drop of [seminal] fluid when emitted;

47. 53:47

    وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ﴿٤٧﴾

    wa-ˈanna ʿalayhi n-našˈata l-ˈuḫrā

    that with Him lies the second genesis,

48. 53:48

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ﴿٤٨﴾

    wa-ˈannahū huwa ˈaġnā wa-ˈaqnā

    that it is He who enriches and grants possessions,

49. 53:49

    وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ﴿٤٩﴾

    wa-ˈannahū huwa rabbu š-šiʿrā

    that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius;

50. 53:50

    وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ﴿٥٠﴾

    wa-ˈannahū ˈahlaka ʿādan-i l-ˈūlā

    that it is He who destroyed the former ‘Ad,

51. 53:51

    وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ﴿٥١﴾

    wa-ṯamūda fa-mā ˈabqā

    and Thamud, sparing none [of them];

52. 53:52

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ﴿٥٢﴾

    wa-qawma nūḥin min qablu ˈinnahum kānū hum ˈaẓlama wa-ˈaṭġā

    and the people of Noah before that; indeed they were more unjust and rebellious;

53. 53:53

    وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ﴿٥٣﴾

    wa-l-muˈtafikata ˈahwā

    and He overthrew the town that was overturned,

54. 53:54

    فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ﴿٥٤﴾

    fa-ġaššāhā mā ġaššā

    covering it with what covered it.

55. 53:55

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ﴿٥٥﴾

    fa-bi-ˈayyi ˈālāˈi rabbika tatamārā

    Then which of the bounties of your Lord will you dispute?

56. 53:56

    هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ﴿٥٦﴾

    hāḏā naḏīrun mina n-nuḏuri l-ˈūlā

    This is a warner, [in the tradition] of the warners of old.

57. 53:57

    أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ﴿٥٧﴾

    ˈazifati l-ˈāzifatu

    The Imminent [Hour] is near at hand.

58. 53:58

    لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ﴿٥٨﴾

    laysa lahā min dūni llāhi kāšifatun

    There is none who may unveil it besides Allah.

59. 53:59

    أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ﴿٥٩﴾

    ˈa-fa-min hāḏā l-ḥadīṯi taʿǧabūna

    Will you then wonder at this discourse,

60. 53:60

    وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ﴿٦٠﴾

    wa-taḍḥakūna wa-lā tabkūna

    and laugh and not weep,

61. 53:61

    وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ﴿٦١﴾

    wa-ˈantum sāmidūna

    while you remain heedless?!

62. 53:62Sajdah

    فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩﴿٦٢﴾

    fa-sǧudū li-llāhi wa-ʿbudū

    So prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship Him!