وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١
wal-najmi idhā hawā
1. By the star when it descends,
Surah An-Najm transliteration
سورة النجم
Here is Surah An-Najm (“The Star”) in transliteration: each of its 62 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢
mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghawā
2. Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ٣
wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā
3. Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ ٤
in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥā
4. It is not but a revelation revealed,
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ٥
ʿallamahu shadīdu l-quwā
5. Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ٦
dhū mirratin fa-is'tawā
6. One of soundness.1562 And he rose to [his] true form1563
Notes
[1562] i.e., strength of body and of mind.
[1563] Gabriel appeared to Muḥammad (ﷺ) at the outset of his prophethood in the angelic form in which Allāh originally created him.
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٧
wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿlā
7. While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.1564
Notes
[1564] i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨
thumma danā fatadallā
8. Then he approached and descended
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩
fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā
9. And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ١٠
fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā
10. And he revealed to His Servant1565 what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
Notes
[1565] i.e., to the Servant of Allāh, Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١
mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā raā
11. The heart1566 did not lie [about] what it saw.
Notes
[1566] i.e., mind or perception (of the Prophet [ﷺ]).
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢
afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yarā
12. So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ١٣
walaqad raāhu nazlatan ukh'rā
13. And he certainly saw him in another descent1567
Notes
[1567] i.e., on another occasion. During his ascent into the heavens (al-Miʿrāj), the Prophet (ﷺ) also saw Gabriel in his true form.
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
ʿinda sid'rati l-muntahā
14. At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ ١٥
ʿindahā jannatu l-mawā
15. Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ١٦
idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghshā
16. When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1568
Notes
[1568] Then and there he (ﷺ) saw Gabriel in angelic form.
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧
mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭaghā
17. The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ ١٨
laqad raā min āyāti rabbihi l-kub'rā
18. He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ ١٩
afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuzā
19. So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ ٢٠
wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'rā
20. And Manāt, the third - the other one?1569
Notes
[1569] The three names given in this and the previous verse are those of well-known "goddesses" which were worshipped by the pagan Arabs before the spread of Islām.
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ٢١
alakumu l-dhakaru walahu l-unthā
21. Is the male for you and for Him the female?
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ ٢٢
til'ka idhan qis'matun ḍīzā
22. That, then, is an unjust division.1570
Notes
[1570] According to their own standards.
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ٢٣
in hiya illā asmāon sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wamā tahwā l-anfusu walaqad jāahum min rabbihimu l-hudā
23. They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh 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.
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤
am lil'insāni mā tamannā
24. Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ ٢٥
falillahi l-ākhiratu wal-ūlā
25. Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ ٢٦
wakam min malakin fī l-samāwāti lā tugh'nī shafāʿatuhum shayan illā min baʿdi an yadhana l-lahu liman yashāu wayarḍā
26. And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ٢٧
inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūna l-malāikata tasmiyata l-unthā
27. Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ٢٨
wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shayan
28. And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ٢٩
fa-aʿriḍ ʿan man tawallā ʿan dhik'rinā walam yurid illā l-ḥayata l-dun'yā
29. So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ ٣٠
dhālika mablaghuhum mina l-ʿil'mi inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bimani ih'tadā
30. 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.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى ٣١
walillahi mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi liyajziya alladhīna asāū bimā ʿamilū wayajziya alladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥus'nā
31. And to Allāh 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] -
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ ٣٢
alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāira l-ith'mi wal-fawāḥisha illā l-lamama inna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maghfirati huwa aʿlamu bikum idh ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa aʿlamu bimani ittaqā
32. 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.
أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ ٣٣
afara-ayta alladhī tawallā
33. Have you seen the one who turned away
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ ٣٤
wa-aʿṭā qalīlan wa-akdā
34. And gave a little and [then] refrained?
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ٣٥
aʿindahu ʿil'mu l-ghaybi fahuwa yarā
35. Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?1571
Notes
[1571] Knows that his provision will be exhausted if he spends on the poor, while Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has promised otherwise.
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ٣٦
am lam yunabba bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā
36. Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses
وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ ٣٧
wa-ib'rāhīma alladhī waffā
37. And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ٣٨
allā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'rā
38. That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٩
wa-an laysa lil'insāni illā mā saʿā
39. And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ ٤٠
wa-anna saʿyahu sawfa yurā
40. And that his effort is going to be seen -
ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ ٤١
thumma yuj'zāhu l-jazāa l-awfā
41. Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ٤٢
wa-anna ilā rabbika l-muntahā
42. And that to your Lord is the finality
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ ٤٣
wa-annahu huwa aḍḥaka wa-abkā
43. And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا ٤٤
wa-annahu huwa amāta wa-aḥyā
44. And that it is He who causes death and gives life
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ٤٥
wa-annahu khalaqa l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā
45. And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ ٤٦
min nuṭ'fatin idhā tum'nā
46. From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ ٤٧
wa-anna ʿalayhi l-nashata l-ukh'rā
47. And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ ٤٨
wa-annahu huwa aghnā wa-aqnā
48. And that it is He who enriches and suffices
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ ٤٩
wa-annahu huwa rabbu l-shiʿ'rā
49. And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius1572
Notes
[1572] A star worshipped by some of the pagan Arabs.
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ ٥٠
wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūlā
50. And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ ٥١
wathamūdā famā abqā
51. And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ ٥٢
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭghā
52. And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ ٥٣
wal-mu'tafikata ahwā
53. And the overturned towns1573 He hurled down
Notes
[1573] Whose inhabitants defied Prophet Lot.
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ٥٤
faghashāhā mā ghashā
54. And covered them by that which He covered.1574
Notes
[1574] i.e., a rain of stones.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ٥٥
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbika tatamārā
55. Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ٥٦
hādhā nadhīrun mina l-nudhuri l-ūlā
56. This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.
أَزِفَتِ ٱلْـَٔازِفَةُ ٥٧
azifati l-āzifatu
57. The Approaching Day has approached.
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ٥٨
laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi kāshifatun
58. Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ ٥٩
afamin hādhā l-ḥadīthi taʿjabūna
59. Then at this statement do you wonder?
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ ٦٠
wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūna
60. And you laugh and do not weep
وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ ٦١
wa-antum sāmidūna
61. While you are proudly sporting?1575
Notes
[1575] Additional meanings are "singing [with expanded chest]," "heedless," or "lost in vain amusements."
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٦٢
fa-us'judū lillahi wa-uʿ'budū
62. So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].
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