53 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped
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سُورَةُ النَّجۡمِ
An-Najm · 62 verses
53 : 2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That your companion is not confused, nor has he gone astray,
53 : 3
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Neither does he speak of his own will.
53 : 4
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
This is only revelation communicated,
53 : 5
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Bestowed on him by the Supreme Intellect,
53 : 6
ذُو مِرَّةٍۢ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Lord of power and wisdom. So he acquired poise and balance,
53 : 7
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And reached the highest pinnacle.
53 : 8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Then he drew near and drew closer
53 : 9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Until a space of two bow (arcs) or even less remained,
53 : 10
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
When He revealed to His votary what He revealed.
53 : 11
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
His heart did not falsify what he perceived.
53 : 12
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Will you dispute with him what he saw?
53 : 13
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
He saw Him indeed another time
53 : 14
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass,
53 : 15
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Close to which is the Garden of Tranquility,
53 : 16
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over;
53 : 17
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Neither did sight falter nor exceed the bounds.
53 : 18
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Indeed he saw some of the greatest signs of His Lord.
53 : 19
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Have you considered Lat and 'Uzza,
53 : 20
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
And Manat, the other third (of the pagan deities)?
53 : 21
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him?
53 : 22
تِلْكَ إِذًۭا قِسْمَةٌۭ ضِيزَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
This is certainly an unjust apportioning.
53 : 23
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
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.
53 : 24
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Can ever man get what he desires?
53 : 25
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
To God belong the End and the Beginning.
53 : 26
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
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.
53 : 27
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels names of females.
53 : 28
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًۭٔا
Ahmed Ali
Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth.
53 : 29
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
Ahmed Ali
So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world:
53 : 30
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
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.
53 : 31
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى
Ahmed Ali
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.
53 : 32
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌۭ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
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.
53 : 33
أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Have you seen him who turns his back,
53 : 34
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًۭا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Who gives but little, and is niggardly?
53 : 35
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
Has he knowledge of the Unknown that he perceives everything?
53 : 36
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Has he not heard what is contained in the Book of Moses,
53 : 37
وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
And of Abraham who fulfilled his trust? --
53 : 38
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That no one who carries a burden bears another's load;
53 : 39
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That a man receives but only that for which he strives;
53 : 40
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That his endeavours will be judged,
53 : 41
ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And only then will he receive his recompense in full;
53 : 42
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And that to your Lord is your returning;
53 : 43
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That it is He who makes you happy and morose,
53 : 44
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
Ahmed Ali
And He who ordains death and life;
53 : 45
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That He created pairs, male and female,
53 : 46
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
From a drop of semen when emitted;
53 : 47
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That the second creation is incumbent on Him;
53 : 48
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That it is He who makes you rich and contented;
53 : 49
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That He is the Lord of Sirius;
53 : 50
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
That it was He who destroyed the 'Ad of old,
53 : 51
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And Thamud, and did not leave them,
53 : 52
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
Like the people of Noah before them, who were surely oppressors and rebellious;
53 : 53
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain,
53 : 54
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
Ahmed Ali
So that they were covered over by what they were covered over.
53 : 55
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
Ahmed Ali
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
53 : 56
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Ahmed Ali
He who warns you is one of the warners of old.
53 : 57
أَزِفَتِ ٱلْءَازِفَةُ
Ahmed Ali
What is to come is imminent.
53 : 58
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
Ahmed Ali
There is no one to unveil it apart from God.
53 : 59
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Are you astonished at this news,
53 : 60
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And keep laughing and do not weep,
53 : 61
وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Indulging in pleasantries?
53 : 62
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩
Ahmed Ali
Bow instead in adoration before God and worship Him.