An-Najm

Wannajmi izaa hawaa

By the star when it descends,

Maa dalla saahibukum wa maa ghawaa

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

Wa maa yyantiqu 'anilhawaaa

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

In huwa illaa Wahyuny yoohaa

It is not but a revelation revealed,

'Allamahoo shadeedul quwaa

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

Zoo mirratin fastawaa

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

Wa huwa bil ufuqil a'laa

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

Summa danaa fatadalla

Then he approached and descended

Fakaana qaaba qawsaini aw adnaa

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

Fa awhaaa ilaa 'abdihee maaa awhaa

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

Maa kazabal fu'aadu maa ra aa

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

Afatumaaroonahoo 'alaa maayaraa

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

Wa laqad ra aahu nazlatan ukhraa

And he certainly saw him in another descent

'Inda sidratil muntaha

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

'Indahaa jannatul maawaa

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

Iz yaghshas sidrata maa yaghshaa

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

Maa zaaghal basaru wa maa taghaa

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

Laqad ra aa min aayaati Rabbihil kubraaa

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

Afara'aytumul laata wal 'uzzaa

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

Wa manaatas saalisatal ukhraa

And Manat, the third - the other one?

A-lakumuz zakaru wa lahul unsaa

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Tilka izan qismatun deezaa

That, then, is an unjust division.

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.

Am lil insaani maa taman naa

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Falillaahil aakhiratu wal oolaa

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

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.