53) Sūrat An-Najm | Printed format | 53) سُورَة النَّجْم |
| Wa An-Najmi 'Idhā Hawá | By the star when it sets,[53.1] | وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى |
| Mā Đalla Şāĥibukum Wa Mā Ghawá | your companion (Muhammad) is neither astray, nor misguided,[53.2] | مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى |
| Wa Mā Yanţiqu `Ani Al-Hawá | nor does he speak out of his own desire.[53.3] | وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى |
| 'In Huwa 'Illā Waĥyun Yūĥá | This Qur’an is but an inspired revelation.[53.4] | إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ وَحْي ٌ يُوحَى |
| `Allamahu Shadīdu Al-Quwá | He is being taught by one who is mighty powerful (angel Gabriel);[53.5] | عَلَّمَه ُُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى |
| Dhū Mirratin Fāstawá | the one free from defects who became stable in the view.[53.6] | ذُو مِرَّة ٍ فَاسْتَوَى |
| Wa Huwa Bil-'Ufuqi Al-'A`lá | He stood poised at the uppermost horizon,[53.7] | وَهُوَ بِالأُفُقِ الأَعْلَى |
| Thumma Danā Fatadallá | then he drew near, coming closer[53.8] | ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى |
| Fakāna Qāba Qawsayni 'Aw 'Adná | within the length of two bows or even closer,[53.9] | فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى |
| Fa'awĥá 'Ilá `Abdihi Mā 'Awĥá | and revealed to Allah's servant (Muhammad) that what he was supposed to reveal.[53.10] | فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِه ِِ مَا أَوْحَى |
| Mā Kadhaba Al-Fu'uādu Mā Ra'á | His (Muhammad’s) own heart did not deny that which he saw.[53.11] | مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى |
| 'Afatumārūnahu `Alá Mā Yará | How can you, O unbelievers then, question what he saw?[53.12] | أَفَتُمَارُونَه ُُ عَلَى مَا يَرَى |
| Wa Laqad Ra'āhu Nazlatan 'Ukhrá | And he (Muhammad) saw him once again[53.13] | وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى |
| `Inda Sidrati Al-Muntahá | near Sidra-tul-Muntaha (the Lote-tree at the farthest end of the seven heavens, beyond which none can pass).[53.14] | عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى |
| `Indahā Jannatu Al-Ma'wá | Near it is Janna-tul-M’awa (the rest-house of paradise).[53.15] | عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَى |
| 'Idh Yaghshá As-Sidrata Mā Yaghshá | When that Lote-tree was covered with what covered it,[53.16] | إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى |
| Mā Zāgha Al-Başaru Wa Mā Ţaghá | his eyes did not turn aside nor did they exceed the limit:[53.17] | مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَى |
| Laqad Ra'á Min 'Āyāti Rabbihi Al-Kubrá | and he did indeed see some of his Rabb’s greatest signs.[53.18] | لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى |
| 'Afara'aytumu Al-Lāta Wa Al-`Uzzá | Have you ever seen Lمt and Uzza[53.19] | أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللاَّتَ وَالْعُزَّى |
| Wa Manāata Ath-Thālithata Al-'Ukhrá | and another, the third Manمt (names of Arabian idols, claimed by the pagans of Makkah to be the daughters of Allah)?[53.20] | وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الأُخْرَى |
| 'Alakumu Adh-Dhakaru Wa Lahu Al-'Unthá | Are you to have sons, and He the daughters?[53.21] | أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الأُنثَى |
| Tilka 'Idhāan Qismatun Đīzá | This indeed is an unfair division![53.22] | تِلْكَ إِذا ً قِسْمَة ٌ ضِيزَى |
| 'In Hiya 'Illā 'Asmā'un Sammaytumūhā 'Antum Wa 'Ābā'uukum Mā 'Anzala Al-Lahu Bihā Min Sulţānin 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-Žanna Wa Mā Tahwá Al-'Anfusu Wa Laqad Jā'ahum Min Rabbihimu Al-Hudá | These (Lمt, Uzza and Manمt) are nothing but names which you and your forefathers have invented, for Allah has vested no authority in them. The unbelievers follow nothing but mere conjecture and the whims of their own souls, even though right guidance has already come to them from their Rabb.[53.23] | إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ أَسْمَاء ٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَان ٍ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الأَنْفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمُ الْهُدَى |
| 'Am Lil'insāni Mā Tamanná | Or should man have whatever he wishes?[53.24] | أَمْ لِلإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّى |
| Falillāhi Al-'Ākhiratu Wa Al-'Ūlá | Nay! To Allah belongs the hereafter and this present life.[53.25] | فَلِلَّهِ الآخِرَةُ وَالأُولَى |
| Wa Kam Min Malakin Fī As-Samāwāti Lā Tughnī Shafā`atuhum Shay'āan 'Illā Min Ba`di 'An Ya'dhana Al-Lahu Liman Yashā'u Wa Yarđá | How many are the angels in the heavens; yet their intercession can avail none unless Allah gives them permission in favor of whom He wants and is pleased with.[53.26] | وَكَمْ مِنْ مَلَك ٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لاَ تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئا ً إِلاَّ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَى |
| 'Inna Al-Ladhīna Lā Yu'uminūna Bil-'Ākhirati Layusammūna Al-Malā'ikata Tasmiyata Al-'Unthá | Those who do not believe in the hereafter give the angels the female names of goddesses.[53.27] | إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الأُنْثَى |
| Wa Mā Lahum Bihi Min `Ilmin 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-Žanna Wa 'Inna Až-Žanna Lā Yughnī Mina Al-Ĥaqqi Shay'āan | But they have no knowledge of it. They follow mere conjecture; and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.[53.28] | وَمَا لَهُمْ بِه ِِ مِنْ عِلْم ٍ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئا ً |
| Fa'a`riđ `An Man Tawallá `An Dhikrinā Wa Lam Yurid 'Illā Al-Ĥayāata Ad-Dunyā | Therefore, neglect those who ignore Our warnings and seek only the life of this world.[53.29] | فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَنْ تَوَلَّى عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلاَّ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا |
| Dhālika Mablaghuhum Mina Al-`Ilmi 'Inna Rabbaka Huwa 'A`lamu Biman Đalla `An Sabīlihi Wa Huwa 'A`lamu Bimani Ahtadá | This is the sum of their knowledge. Surely your Rabb knows who have strayed from His path, and who are rightly guided.[53.30] | ذَلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِه ِِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَى |
| Wa Lillahi Mā Fī As-Samāwāti Wa Mā Fī Al-'Arđi Liyajziya Al-Ladhīna 'Asā'ū Bimā `Amilū Wa Yajziya Al-Ladhīna 'Aĥsanū Bil-Ĥusná | To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth, so that He may requite the evildoers according to their deeds, and richly reward those who do good deeds.[53.31] | وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى |
| Al-Ladhīna Yajtanibūna Kabā'ira Al-'Ithmi Wa Al-Fawāĥisha 'Illā Al-Lamama 'Inna Rabbaka Wāsi`u Al-Maghfirati Huwa 'A`lamu Bikum 'Idh 'Ansha'akum Mina Al-'Arđi Wa 'Idh 'Antum 'Ajinnatun Fī Buţūni 'Ummahātikum Falā Tuzakkū 'Anfusakum Huwa 'A`lamu Bimani Attaqá | To those who avoid the major sins and shameful deeds and are guilty of only small offense, surely for them your Rabb will have abundant forgiveness. He knew you well when He created you from earth and when you were just embryos in your mother’s wombs, therefore, do not claim piety for yourselves. He knows best who is really Godfearing pious.[53.32] | الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلاَّ اللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّة ٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ فَلاَ تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَى |
| 'Afara'ayta Al-Ladhī Tawallá | Have you seen the one who (Walïd bin Mughïrah, who was willing to embrace Islam, but upon someone’s promise to take the responsibility of getting the punishment on his behalf in lieu of certain amount of money, he) turned away.[53.33] | أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّى |
| Wa 'A`ţá Qalīlāan Wa 'Akdá | He gave a little from the promised amount then stopped.[53.34] | وَأَعْطَى قَلِيلا ً وَأَكْدَى |
| 'A`indahu `Ilmu Al-Ghaybi Fahuwa Yará | Does he possess the knowledge of the unseen that he could see reality?[53.35] | أَعِنْدَه ُُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَى |
| 'Am Lam Yunabba' Bimā Fī Şuĥufi Mūsá | Or has he not been notified about what was in the scrolls of Musa (Moses)[53.36] | أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَى |
| Wa 'Ibrāhīma Al-Ladhī Wa Ffá | and of Ibrمhïm (Abraham) who always kept his word:[53.37] | وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّى |
| 'Allā Taziru Wāziratun Wizra 'Ukhrá | “That no soul shall bear the burden of another,[53.38] | أَلاَّ تَزِرُ وَازِرَة ٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى |
| Wa 'An Laysa Lil'insāni 'Illā Mā Sa`á | that there shall be nothing for a man except what he strives for,[53.39] | وَأَنْ لَيْسَ لِلإِنسَانِ إِلاَّ مَا سَعَى |
| Wa 'Anna Sa`yahu Sawfa Yurá | that his striving shall be scrutinized,[53.40] | وَأَنَّ سَعْيَه ُُ سَوْفَ يُرَى |
| Thumma Yujzāhu Al-Jazā'a Al-'Awfá | that he shall be fully rewarded for it,[53.41] | ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الأَوْفَى |
| Wa 'Anna 'Ilá Rabbika Al-Muntahá | that to your Rabb is the final goal,[53.42] | وَأَنَّ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهَى |
| Wa 'Annahu Huwa 'Ađĥaka Wa 'Abká | that it is He Who grants laughter and tears,[53.43] | وَأَنَّه ُُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَى |
| Wa 'Annahu Huwa 'Amāta Wa 'Aĥyā | that it is He Who ordains death and life,[53.44] | وَأَنَّه ُُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا |
| Wa 'Annahu Khalaqa Az-Zawjayni Adh-Dhakara Wa Al-'Unthá | that it is He Who has created in pairs, the male and the female,[53.45] | وَأَنَّه ُُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالأُنْثَى |
| Min Nuţfatin 'Idhā Tumná | from a drop of ejaculated semen,[53.46] | مِنْ نُطْفَة ٍ إِذَا تُمْنَى |
| Wa 'Anna `Alayhi An-Nash'ata Al-'Ukhrá | that it rests upon Him to grant the second life (the life of hereafter),[53.47] | وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الأُخْرَى |
| Wa 'Annahu Huwa 'Aghná Wa 'Aqná | that it is He Who gives wealth and property,[53.48] | وَأَنَّه ُُ هُوَ أَغْنَى وَأَقْنَى |
| Wa 'Annahu Huwa Rabbu Ash-Shi`rá | that He is even the Rabb of the Sirius (dog star whom the pagans used to worship),[53.49] | وَأَنَّه ُُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَى |
| Wa 'Annahu 'Ahlaka `Ādāan Al-'Ūlá | and that it is He Who destroyed the people of ‘Ad,[53.50] | وَأَنَّهُ~ُ أَهْلَكَ عَادا ً الأُولَى |
| Wa Thamūda Famā 'Abqá | then the people of Thamüd, sparing no one,[53.51] | وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَى |
| Wa Qawma Nūĥin Min Qablu 'Innahum Kānū Hum 'Ažlama Wa 'Aţghá | and before them the people of Nüh (Noah), who were the most unjust and rebellious.[53.52] | وَقَوْمَ نُوح ٍ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَى |
| Wa Al-Mu'utafikata 'Ahwá | And also destroyed the Mu’tafikah (Overthrown Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah),[53.53] | وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَى |
| Faghashshāhā Mā Ghashshá | who were smitten by the scourge that smote them."[53.54] | فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّى |
| Fabi'ayyi 'Ālā'i Rabbika Tatamārá | Then which of your Rabb’s blessings would you doubt?[53.55] | فَبِأَيِّ آلاَءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَى |
| Hādhā Nadhīrun Mina An-Nudhuri Al-'Ūlá | This Warner (Muhammad) is just like the earlier warners.[53.56] | هَذَا نَذِير ٌ مِنَ النُّذُرِ الأُولَى |
| 'Azifati Al-'Āzifahu | The ever approaching (the Day of Judgment) is drawing near;[53.57] | أَزِفَتِ الآزِفَةُ |
| Laysa Lahā Min Dūni Al-Lahi Kāshifahun | none but Allah can disclose it.[53.58] | لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَة ٌ |
| 'Afamin Hādhā Al-Ĥadīthi Ta`jabūna | Do you then wonder at this revelation,[53.59] | أَفَمِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ |
| Wa Tađĥakūna Wa Lā Tabkūna | and laugh instead of weeping?[53.60] | وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلاَ تَبْكُونَ |
| Wa 'Antum Sāmidūna | Rather you are wasting your time,[53.61] | وَأَنْتُمْ سَامِدُونَ |
| Fāsjudū Lillahi Wa A`budū | prostrate yourselves before Allah and worship Him while you can![53.62] | فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا |