بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
Waalnnajmi itha hawa
By the star when it goes down, (or vanishes).
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa
Your companion (Muhammad SAW) has neither gone astray nor has erred.
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa
Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ
In huwa illa wahyun yooha
It is only an Inspiration that is inspired.
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ
AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa
He has been taught (this Quran) by one mighty in power [Jibrael (Gabriel)].
ذُو مِرَّةٍۢ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
Thoo mirratin faistawa
Dhu Mirrah (free from any defect in body and mind), Fastawa [then he (Jibrael - Gabriel) rose and became stable]. [Tafsir At-Tabari].
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla
While he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon,
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Thumma dana fatadalla
Then he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna
And was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer,
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ
Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha
So did (Allah) convey the Inspiration to His slave [Muhammad SAW through Jibrael (Gabriel)].
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa
The (Prophet's) heart lied not (in seeing) what he (Muhammad SAW) saw.
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara
Will you then dispute with him (Muhammad SAW) about what he saw [during the Mi'raj: (Ascent of the Prophet SAW over the seven heavens)].
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra
And indeed he (Muhammad SAW) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] at a second descent (i.e. another time).
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
AAinda sidrati almuntaha
Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha [lote-tree of the utmost boundary (beyond which none can pass)],
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ
AAindaha jannatu almawa
Near it is the Paradise of Abode.
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it!
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha
The sight (of Prophet Muhammad SAW) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed beyond (the) limit (ordained for it).
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ
Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra
Indeed he (Muhammad SAW) did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah).
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza
Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs).
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
Wamanata alththalithata alokhra
And Manat (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third?
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha
Is it for you the males and for Him the females?
تِلْكَ إِذًۭا قِسْمَةٌۭ ضِيزَىٰٓ
Tilka ithan qismatun deeza
That indeed is a division most unfair!
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
In hiya illa asmaon sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wama tahwa alanfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda
They are but names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire, whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Am lilinsani ma tamanna
Or shall man have what he wishes?
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
Falillahi alakhiratu waaloola
But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ
Wakam min malakin fee alssamawati la tughnee shafaAAatuhum shayan illa min baAAdi an yathana Allahu liman yashao wayarda
And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He wills and pleases.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Inna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati layusammoona almalaikata tasmiyata alontha
Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًۭٔا
Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wainna alththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqi shayan
While they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAan thikrina walam yurid illa alhayata alddunya
Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad SAW) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Quran) and desires nothing but the life of this world.
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ
Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmi inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada
That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى
Walillahi ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi liyajziya allatheena asaoo bima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoo bialhusna
And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise).
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
Allatheena yajtaniboona kabaira alithmi waalfawahisha illa allamama inna rabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ith anshaakum mina alardi waith antum ajinnatun fee butooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakum huwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa
Those who avoid great sins (see the Quran, Verses: 6:152, 153) and Al-Fawahish (illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) except the small faults, verily, your Lord is of vast forgiveness. He knows you well when He created you from the earth (Adam), and when you were fetuses in your mothers' wombs. So ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best him who fears Allah and keep his duty to Him [i.e. those who are Al-Muttaqun (pious - see V. 2:2)].
أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ
Afaraayta allathee tawalla
Did you (O Muhammad SAW) observe him who turned away (from Islam).
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًۭا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ
WaaAAta qaleelan waakda
And gave a little, then stopped (giving)?
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara
Is with him the knowledge of the unseen so that he sees?
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Am lam yunabba bima fee suhufi moosa
Or is he not informed with what is in the Pages (Scripture) of Musa (Moses),
وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ
Waibraheema allathee waffa
And of Ibrahim (Abraham) who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (what Allah ordered him to do or convey),
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra
That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another.
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Waan laysa lilinsani illa ma saAAa
And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad).
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura
And that his deeds will be seen,
ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ
Thumma yujzahu aljazaa alawfa
Then he will be recompensed with a full and the best recompense.
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha
And that to your Lord (Allah) is the End (Return of everything).
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka
And that it is He (Allah) Who makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills) weep;
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
Waannahu huwa amata waahya
And that it is He (Allah) Who causes death and gives life;
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And that He (Allah) creates the pairs, male and female,
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
Min nutfatin itha tumna
From Nutfah (drops of semen male and female discharges) when it is emitted;
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ
Waanna AAalayhi alnnashata alokhra
And that upon Him (Allah) is another bringing forth (Resurrection);
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna
And that it is He (Allah) Who gives much or a little (or gives wealth and contentment),
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra
And that He (Allah) is the Lord of Sirius (the star which the pagan Arabs used to worship);
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Waannahu ahlaka AAadan aloola
And that it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former 'Ad (people),
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ
Wathamooda fama abqa
And Thamud (people). He spared none of them.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha
And the people of Nuh (Noah) aforetime, verily, they were more unjust and more rebellious and transgressing [in disobeying Allah and His Messenger Nuh (Noah)].
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
Waalmutafikata ahwa
And He destroyed the overthrown cities [of Sodom to which Prophet Lout (Lot) was sent].
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
Faghashshaha ma ghashsha
So there covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones).
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
Fabiayyi alai rabbika tatamara
Then which of the Graces of your Lord (O man!) will you doubt.
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri aloola
This (Muhammad SAW) is a warner (Messenger) of the (series of) warners (Messengers) of old.
أَزِفَتِ ٱلْءَازِفَةُ
Azifati alazifatu
The Day of Resurrection draws near,
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun
None besides Allah can avert it, (or advance it, or delay it).
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona
Do you then wonder at this recital (the Quran)?
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
Watadhakoona wala tabkoona
And you laugh at it and weep not,
وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ
Waantum samidoona
Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing, etc.).
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩
Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo
So fall you down in prostration to Allah, and worship Him (Alone).
