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Surah An-Najm (Arabic text: النجم) is the 53rd chapter of the Qur’an. The surah titled in English means “The Star” and it consists of 62 verses...
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Yusuf Ali
Abul Ala Maududi
Muhsin Khan
Pickthall
Dr. Ghali
Abdul Haleem
Urdu - Muhammad Junagarhi
Hindi - Suhel Farooq Khan
Malay - Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
Wannajmi izaa hawaa
By the star when it descends,
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Maa dalla saahibukum wa maa ghawaa
Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
Wa maa yyantiqu ‘anilhawaaa
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ
In huwa illaa Wahyuny yoohaa
It is not but a revelation revealed,
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ
‘Allamahoo shadeedul quwaa
Taught to him by one intense in strength –
ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ
Zoo mirratin fastawaa
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
Wa huwa bil ufuqil a’laa
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Summa danaa fatadalla
Then he approached and descended
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ
Fakaana qaaba qawsaini aw adnaa
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ
Fa awhaaa ilaa ‘abdihee maaa awhaa
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
Maa kazabal fu’aadu maa ra aa
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Afatumaaroonahoo ‘alaa maayaraa
So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
Wa laqad ra aahu nazlatan ukhraa
And he certainly saw him in another descent
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
‘Inda sidratil muntaha
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary –
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ
‘Indahaa jannatul maawaa
Near it is the Garden of Refuge –
إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ
Iz yaghshas sidrata maa yaghshaa
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
Maa zaaghal basaru wa maa taghaa
The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
Laqad ra aa min aayaati Rabbihil kubraaa
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
Afara’aytumul laata wal ‘uzzaa
So have you considered al-Lat and al-‘Uzza?
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
Wa manaatas saalisatal ukhraa
And Manat, the third – the other one?
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
A-lakumuz zakaru wa lahul unsaa
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ
Tilka izan qismatun deezaa
That, then, is an unjust division.
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
In hiya illaaa asmaaa’un sammaitumoohaaa antum wa aabaaa’ukum maaa anzalal laahu bihaa min sultaan; inyyattabi’oona illaz zanna wa maa tahwal anfusu wa laqad jaaa’ahum mir Rabbihimul hudaa
They are not but [mere] names you have named them – you and your forefathers – for which Allah 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.
أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Am lil insaani maa taman naa
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Falillaahil aakhiratu wal oolaa
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
۞وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ
Wa kam mim malakin fissamaawaati laa tughnee shafaa’atuhum shai’an illaa mim ba’di anyyaazanal laahu limany yashaaa’u wa yardaa
And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
innal lazeena laa yu’minoona bil aakhirati la yusammoonal malaaa’ikata tasmiyatal unsaa
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
Wa maa lahum bihee min ‘ilmin iny yattabi’oona illaz zanna wa innaz zanna laa yughnee minal haqqi shai’aa
And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ يُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
Fa a’rid ‘am man tawallaa ‘an zikrinaa wa lam yurid illal hayaatad dunyaa
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
Zalika mablaghuhum minal ‘ilm; inna rabbaka huwa a’lamu biman dalla ‘an sabee lihee wa huwa a’lamu bimanih tadaa
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.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى
Wa lillaahi maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ardi liyajziyal lazeena asaaa’oo bimaa ‘amiloo wa yajziyal lazeena ahsanoo bilhusnaa
And to Allah 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] –
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةٞ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ
Allazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa’iral ismi walfawaa hisha illal lamam; inna rabbaka waasi’ul maghfirah; huwa a’lamu bikum iz ansha akum minal ardi wa iz antum ajinnatun fee butooni umma haatikum falaa tuzakkooo anfusakum huwa a’lamu bimanit taqaa
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.
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ
Afara’ayatal lazee tawallaa
Have you seen the one who turned away
وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِيلٗا وَأَكۡدَىٰٓ
Wa a’taa qaleelanw wa akdaa
And gave a little and [then] refrained?
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
A’indahoo ‘ilmul ghaibi fahuwa yaraa
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?
أَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Am lam yunabbaa bimaa fee suhuhfi Moosa
Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses
وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَفَّىٰٓ
Wa Ibraaheemal lazee waffaaa
And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] –
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ
Allaa taziru waaziratunw wizra ukhraa
That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
وَأَن لَّيۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Wa al laisa lil insaani illaa maa sa’aa
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَنَّ سَعۡيَهُۥ سَوۡفَ يُرَىٰ
Wa anna sa’yahoo sawfa yuraa
And that his effort is going to be seen –
ثُمَّ يُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَآءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ
Summa yujzaahul jazaaa ‘al awfaa
Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
Wa anna ilaa rabbikal muntahaa
And that to your Lord is the finality
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ
Wa annahoo huwa adhaka wa abkaa
And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡيَا
Wa annahoo huwa amaata wa ahyaa
And that it is He who causes death and gives life
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
Wa annahoo khalaqaz zawjainiz zakara wal unsaa
And that He creates the two mates – the male and female –
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ
Min nutfatin izaa tumnaa
From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
وَأَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ
Wa anna ‘alaihin nash atal ukhraa
And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ
Wa annahoo huwa aghnaa wa aqnaa
And that it is He who enriches and suffices
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ
Wa annahoo huwa rabbush shi’raa
And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Wa annahooo ahlak a ‘Aadanil oolaa
And that He destroyed the first [people of] ‘Aad
وَثَمُودَاْ فَمَآ أَبۡقَىٰ
Wa samooda famaaa abqaa
And Thamud – and He did not spare [them] –
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ
Wa qawma Noohim min qablu innahum kaanoo hum azlama wa atghaa
And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ
Wal mu’tafikata ahwaa
And the overturned towns He hurled down
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
Faghashshaahaa maa ghashshaa
And covered them by that which He covered.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa’i Rabbika tatamaaraa
Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
Haazaa nazeerum minan nuzuril oolaa
This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners.
أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ
Azifatil aazifah
The Approaching Day has approached.
لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
Laisa lahaa min doonil laahi kaashifah
Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover.
أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ
Afamin hazal hadeesi ta’jaboon
Then at this statement do you wonder?
وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ
Wa tadhakoona wa laa tabkoon
And you laugh and do not weep
وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ
Wa antum saamidoon
While you are proudly sporting?
۩ فَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ
Fasjudoo lillaahi wa’budoo (make sajda)
So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].
Masha'Allah
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