53. An-Najm

53:1

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ﴿١﴾

Wan-najmi idhā hawā

By the Star when it setteth,

53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghawā

Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived;

53:3

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ﴿٣﴾

Wamā yanṭiqu ʿani al-hawā

Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.

53:4

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

In huwa illā waḥyun yūḥā

It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,

53:5

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ﴿٥﴾

ʿallamahu shadīdu al-quwā

Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,

53:6

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

Dhū mirratin fāstawā

One vigorous; and he grew clear to view

53:7

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Wahuwa bil-ufuqi al-aʿlā

When he was on the uppermost horizon.

53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Thumma danā fatadallā

Then he drew nigh and came down

53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ﴿٩﴾

Fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā

Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,

53:10

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ﴿١٠﴾

Faʾawḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā

And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed.

53:11

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ﴿١١﴾

Mā kadhaba al-fuʾādu mā raʾā

The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.

53:12

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾

Afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yarā

Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth?

53:13

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ﴿١٣﴾

Walaqad raʾāhu nazlatan ukhrā

And verily he saw him yet another time

53:14

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ﴿١٤﴾

ʿinda sidrati al-muntahā

By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,

53:15

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ ﴿١٥﴾

ʿindahā jannatu al-maʾwā

Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode.

53:16

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ﴿١٦﴾

Idh yaghshā as-sidrata mā yaghshā

When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,

53:17

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ﴿١٧﴾

Mā zāgha al-baṣaru wamā ṭaghā

The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.

53:18

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ ﴿١٨﴾

Laqad raʾā min āyāti rabbihi al-kubrā

Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.

53:19

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ ﴿١٩﴾

Afaraʾaytumu allāta wal-ʿuzzā

Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza

53:20

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ ﴿٢٠﴾

Wamanāta ath-thālithata al-ukhrā

And Manat, the third, the other?

53:21

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ﴿٢١﴾

Alakumu adh-dhakaru walahu al-unthā

Are yours the males and His the females?

53:22

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ ﴿٢٢﴾

Tilka idhan qismatun ḍīzā

That indeed were an unfair division!

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﴾

In hiya illā asmāʾun sammaytumūhā antum waʾābāʾukum mā anzala Allāhu bihā min sulṭānin in yattabiʿūna illā aẓ-ẓanna wamā tahwā al-anfusu walaqad jāʾahum min rabbihimu al-hudā

They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them.

53:24

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ﴿٢٤﴾

Am lilʾinsāni mā tamannā

Or shall man have what he coveteth?

53:25

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٢٥﴾

Falillāhi al-ākhiratu wal-ulā

But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.

53:26

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

Wakam min malakin fī as-samāwāti lā tughnī shafāʿatuhum shayʾan illā min baʿdi an yaʾdhana Allāhu liman yashāʾu wayarḍā

And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth.

53:27

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

Inna alladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati layusammūna al-malāʾikata tasmiyata al-unthā

Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the names of females.

53:28

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

Wamā lahum bihi min ʿilmin in yattabiʿūna illā aẓ-ẓanna waʾinna aẓ-ẓanna lā yughnī mina al-ḥaqqi shayʾā

And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.

53:29

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

Faʾaʿriḍ ʿan man tawallā ʿan dhikrinā walam yurid illā al-ḥayāta ad-dunyā

Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance and desireth but the life of the world.

53:30

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

Dhālika mablaghuhum mina al-ʿilmi inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bimani ihtadā

Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right.

53:31

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

Walillāhi mā fī as-samāwāti wamā fī al-arḍi liyajziya alladhīna asāʾū bimā ʿamilū wayajziya alladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā

And unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil with that which they have done, and reward those who do good with goodness.

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﴾

Alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾira al-ithmi wal-fawāḥisha illā allamama inna rabbaka wāsiʿu al-maghfirati huwa aʿlamu bikum idh anshaʾakum mina al-arḍi waʾidh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa aʿlamu bimani ittaqā

Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled offences - (for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware of you (from the time) when He created you from the earth, and when ye were hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefor ascribe not purity unto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil).

53:33

أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ ﴿٣٣﴾

Afaraʾayta alladhī tawallā

Didst thou (O Muhammad) observe him who turned away,

53:34

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ ﴿٣٤﴾

Waʾaʿṭā qalīlan waʾakdā

And gave a little, then was grudging?

53:35

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ﴿٣٥﴾

Aʿindahu ʿilmu al-ghaybi fahuwa yarā

Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth?

53:36

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ﴿٣٦﴾

Am lam yunabbaʾ bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā

Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Moses

53:37

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ ﴿٣٧﴾

Waʾibrāhīma alladhī waffā

And Abraham who paid his debt:

53:38

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ﴿٣٨﴾

Allā taziru wāziratun wizra ukhrā

That no laden one shall bear another's load,

53:39

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ﴿٣٩﴾

Waʾan laysa lilʾinsāni illā mā saʿā

And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,

53:40

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ ﴿٤٠﴾

Waʾanna saʿyahu sawfa yurā

And that his effort will be seen.

53:41

ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ ﴿٤١﴾

Thumma yujzāhu al-jazāʾa al-awfā

And afterward he will be repaid for it with fullest payment;

53:42

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ﴿٤٢﴾

Waʾanna ilā rabbika al-muntahā

And that thy Lord, He is the goal;

53:43

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ ﴿٤٣﴾

Waʾannahu huwa aḍḥaka waʾabkā

And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,

53:44

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا ﴿٤٤﴾

Waʾannahu huwa amāta waʾaḥyā

And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;

53:45

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ﴿٤٥﴾

Waʾannahu khalaqa az-zawjayni adh-dhakara wal-unthā

And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female,

53:46

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ ﴿٤٦﴾

Min nuṭfatin idhā tumnā

From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth;

53:47

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ ﴿٤٧﴾

Waʾanna ʿalayhi an-nashʾata al-ukhrā

And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth;

53:48

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ ﴿٤٨﴾

Waʾannahu huwa aghnā waʾaqnā

And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth;

53:49

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ ﴿٤٩﴾

Waʾannahu huwa rabbu ash-shiʿrā

And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;

53:50

وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٥٠﴾

Waʾannahu ahlaka ʿādan al-ulā

And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,

53:51

وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ ﴿٥١﴾

Wathamūda famā abqā

And (the tribe of) Thamud He spared not;

53:52

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

Waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama waʾaṭghā

And the folk of Noah aforetime, Lo! they were more unjust and more rebellious;

53:53

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ ﴿٥٣﴾

Wal-muʾtafikata ahwā

And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroyed

53:54

فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ﴿٥٤﴾

Faghashshāhā mā ghashshā

So that there covered them that which did cover.

53:55

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ﴿٥٥﴾

Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbika tatamārā

Concerning which then, of the bounties of thy Lord, canst thou dispute?

53:56

هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ﴿٥٦﴾

Hādhā nadhīrun mina an-nudhuri al-ulā

This is a warner of the warners of old.

53:57

أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ ﴿٥٧﴾

Azifati al-āzifah

The threatened Hour is nigh.

53:58

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ﴿٥٨﴾

Laysa lahā min dūni Allāhi kāshifah

None beside Allah can disclose it.

53:59

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Afamin hādhā al-ḥadīthi taʿjabūn

Marvel ye then at this statement,

53:60

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

Wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūn

And laugh and not weep,

53:61

وَأَنتُمْ سَـٰمِدُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

Waʾantum sāmidūn

While ye amuse yourselves?

53:62

فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩ ﴿٦٢﴾

Fāsjudū lillāhi wāʿbudū

Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and serve Him.