Surah An-Najm (سورة An-Najm)

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Surah An-Najm (Arabic: سورة An-Najm, "The Star") is the 53 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 62 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah An-Najm ("The Star") is chapter 53 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 62 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 53:1

وَالنَّجۡمِ اِذَا هَوٰيۙ‏

wal-najmi idhā hawā

By the star when it descends

Verse 53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوٰيۚ‏

mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghawā

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred

Verse 53:3

وَمَا يَنۡطِقُ عَنِ الۡهَوٰيؕۚ‏

wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination

Verse 53:4

اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحۡيٌ يُّوۡحٰيۙ‏

in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥā

It is not but a revelation revealed

Verse 53:5

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيۡدُ الۡقُوٰيۙ‏

ʿallamahu shadīdu l-quwā

Taught to him by one intense in strength

Verse 53:6

ذُوۡ مِرَّةٍؕ فَاسۡتَوٰيۙ‏

dhū mirratin fa-is'tawā

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

Verse 53:7

وَهُوَ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡاَعۡلٰيؕ‏

wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿlā

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon

Verse 53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰيۙ‏

thumma danā fatadallā

Then he approached and descended

Verse 53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ اَوۡ اَدۡنٰيۚ‏

fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer

Verse 53:10

فَاَوۡحٰ٘ي اِلٰي عَبۡدِهٖ مَا٘ اَوۡحٰيؕ‏

fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed

Verse 53:11

مَا كَذَبَ الۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰي

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw

Verse 53:12

اَفَتُمٰرُوۡنَهٗ عَلٰي مَا يَرٰي

So will you dispute with him over what he saw

Verse 53:13

وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ نَزۡلَةً اُخۡرٰيۙ‏

And he certainly saw him in another descent

Verse 53:14

عِنۡدَ سِدۡرَةِ الۡمُنۡتَهٰي

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary

Verse 53:15

عِنۡدَهَا جَنَّةُ الۡمَاۡوٰيؕ‏

Near it is the Garden of Refuge

Verse 53:16

اِذۡ يَغۡشَي السِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشٰيۙ‏

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it]

Verse 53:17

مَا زَاغَ الۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰي

The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit]

Verse 53:18

لَقَدۡ رَاٰي مِنۡ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الۡكُبۡرٰي

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord

Verse 53:19

اَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالۡعُزّٰيۙ‏

So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza

Verse 53:20

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الۡاُخۡرٰي

And Manat, the third - the other one

Verse 53:21

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الۡاُنۡثٰي

Is the male for you and for Him the female

Verse 53:22

تِلۡكَ اِذًا قِسۡمَةٌ ضِيۡزٰي

That, then, is an unjust division

Verse 53:23

اِنۡ هِيَ اِلَّا٘ اَسۡمَآءٌ سَمَّيۡتُمُوۡهَا٘ اَنۡتُمۡ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمۡ مَّا٘ اَنۡزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنۡ سُلۡطٰنٍؕ اِنۡ يَّتَّبِعُوۡنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَي الۡاَنۡفُسُۚ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهِمُ الۡهُدٰيؕ‏

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

Verse 53:24

اَمۡ لِلۡاِنۡسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰيؗۖ‏

Or is there for man whatever he wishes

Verse 53:25

فَلِلّٰهِ الۡاٰخِرَةُ وَالۡاُوۡلٰيࣖ‏

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life]

Verse 53:26

وَكَمۡ مِّنۡ مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِيۡ شَفَاعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا اِلَّا مِنۭۡ بَعۡدِ اَنۡ يَّاۡذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنۡ يَّشَآءُ وَيَرۡضٰي

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

Verse 53:27

اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِالۡاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوۡنَ الۡمَلٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ الۡاُنۡثٰي

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names

Verse 53:28

وَمَا لَهُمۡ بِهٖ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍؕ اِنۡ يَّتَّبِعُوۡنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِيۡ مِنَ الۡحَقِّ شَيۡـًٔاۚ‏

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all

Verse 53:29

فَاَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡ مَّنۡ تَوَلّٰي ࣢ۙ عَنۡ ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ يُرِدۡ اِلَّا الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَاؕ‏

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life

Verse 53:30

ذٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡعِلۡمِؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَنۡ ضَلَّ عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِهٖ وَهُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ اهۡتَدٰي

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

Verse 53:31

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِي الۡاَرۡضِۙ لِيَجۡزِيَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَسَآءُوۡا بِمَا عَمِلُوۡا وَيَجۡزِيَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَحۡسَنُوۡا بِالۡحُسۡنٰيۚ‏

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]

Verse 53:32

اَلَّذِيۡنَ يَجۡتَنِبُوۡنَ كَبٰٓئِرَ الۡاِثۡمِ وَالۡفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الۡمَغۡفِرَةِؕ هُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ اِذۡ اَنۡشَاَكُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاَرۡضِ وَاِذۡ اَنۡتُمۡ اَجِنَّةٌ فِيۡ بُطُوۡنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمۡۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّوۡ٘ا اَنۡفُسَكُمۡؕ هُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰيࣖ‏

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

Verse 53:33

اَفَرَءَيۡتَ الَّذِيۡ تَوَلّٰيۙ‏

Have you seen the one who turned away

Verse 53:34

وَاَعۡطٰي قَلِيۡلًا وَّاَكۡدٰي

And gave a little and [then] refrained

Verse 53:35

اَعِنۡدَهٗ عِلۡمُ الۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰي

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees

Verse 53:36

اَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّاۡ بِمَا فِيۡ صُحُفِ مُوۡسٰيۙ‏

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

Verse 53:37

وَاِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ الَّذِيۡ وَفّٰ٘يۙ‏

And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations]

Verse 53:38

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزۡرَ اُخۡرٰيۙ‏

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

Verse 53:39

وَاَنۡ لَّيۡسَ لِلۡاِنۡسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰيۙ‏

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

Verse 53:40

وَاَنَّ سَعۡيَهٗ سَوۡفَ يُرٰي

And that his effort is going to be seen

Verse 53:41

ثُمَّ يُجۡزٰىهُ الۡجَزَآءَ الۡاَوۡفٰيۙ‏

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense

Verse 53:42

وَاَنَّ اِلٰي رَبِّكَ الۡمُنۡتَهٰيۙ‏

And that to your Lord is the finality

Verse 53:43

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضۡحَكَ وَاَبۡكٰيۙ‏

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

Verse 53:44

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحۡيَاۙ‏

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

Verse 53:45

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوۡجَيۡنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالۡاُنۡثٰيۙ‏

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female

Verse 53:46

مِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍ اِذَا تُمۡنٰيࣕ‏

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

Verse 53:47

وَاَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ النَّشۡاَةَ الۡاُخۡرٰيۙ‏

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation

Verse 53:48

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغۡنٰي وَاَقۡنٰيۙ‏

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

Verse 53:49

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعۡرٰيۙ‏

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

Verse 53:50

وَاَنَّهٗ٘ اَهۡلَكَ عَادَا اِۨلۡاُوۡلٰيۙ‏

And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad

Verse 53:51

وَثَمُوۡدَا۠ فَمَا٘ اَبۡقٰيۙ‏

And Thamud - and He did not spare [them]

Verse 53:52

وَقَوۡمَ نُوۡحٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلُؕ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا هُمۡ اَظۡلَمَ وَاَطۡغٰيؕ‏

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing

Verse 53:53

وَالۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ اَهۡوٰيۙ‏

And the overturned towns He hurled down

Verse 53:54

فَغَشّٰىهَا مَا غَشّٰيۚ‏

And covered them by that which He covered

Verse 53:55

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰي

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt

Verse 53:56

هٰذَا نَذِيۡرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الۡاُوۡلٰي

This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners

Verse 53:57

اَزِفَتِ الۡاٰزِفَةُۚ‏

The Approaching Day has approached

Verse 53:58

لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌؕ‏

Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover

Verse 53:59

اَفَمِنۡ هٰذَا الۡحَدِيۡثِ تَعۡجَبُوۡنَۙ‏

Then at this statement do you wonder

Verse 53:60

وَتَضۡحَكُوۡنَ وَلَا تَبۡكُوۡنَۙ‏

And you laugh and do not weep

Verse 53:61

وَاَنۡتُمۡ سٰمِدُوۡنَ

While you are proudly sporting

Verse 53:62

فَاسۡجُدُوۡا لِلّٰهِ وَاعۡبُدُوۡاࣛࣖ‏

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]