وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰی ۟ۙ
By the star when it descends,
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰی ۟ۚ
Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
وَمَا یَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰی ۟ؕ
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْیٌ یُّوْحٰی ۟ۙ
It is not but a revelation revealed,
عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِیْدُ الْقُوٰی ۟ۙ
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
ذُوْ مِرَّةٍ ؕ فَاسْتَوٰی ۟ۙ
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰی ۟ؕ
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰی ۟ۙ
Then he approached and descended
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَیْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰی ۟ۚ
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
فَاَوْحٰۤی اِلٰی عَبْدِهٖ مَاۤ اَوْحٰی ۟ؕ
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰی ۟
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰی مَا یَرٰی ۟
So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰی ۟ۙ
And he certainly saw him in another descent
عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰی ۟
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَاْوٰی ۟ؕ
Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
اِذْ یَغْشَی السِّدْرَةَ مَا یَغْشٰی ۟ۙ
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰی ۟
The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
لَقَدْ رَاٰی مِنْ اٰیٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰی ۟
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
اَفَرَءَیْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰی ۟ۙ
So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰی ۟
And Manāt, the third - the other one?
اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُ ۟
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِیْزٰی ۟
That, then, is an unjust division.
اِنْ هِیَ اِلَّاۤ اَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّیْتُمُوْهَاۤ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمْ مَّاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍ ؕ اِنْ یَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَی الْاَنْفُسُ ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰی ۟ؕ
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.
اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰی ۟ؗۖ
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰی ۟۠
Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِیْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَیْـًٔا اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ یَّاْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَرْضٰی ۟
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.
اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَیُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةَ تَسْمِیَةَ الْاُ ۟
Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ؕ اِنْ یَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا یُغْنِیْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَیْـًٔا ۟ۚ
And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰی ۙ۬ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ یُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا ۟ؕ
So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.
ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِیْلِهٖ ۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰی ۟
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.
وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِی الْاَرْضِ ۙ لِیَجْزِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اَسَآءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَیَجْزِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰی ۟ۚ
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] -
اَلَّذِیْنَ یَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰٓىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِیْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْ ۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ ؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰی ۟۠
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.
اَفَرَءَیْتَ الَّذِیْ تَوَلّٰی ۟ۙ
Have you seen the one who turned away
وَاَعْطٰی قَلِیْلًا وَّاَكْدٰی ۟
And gave a little and [then] refrained?
اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَیْبِ فَهُوَ یَرٰی ۟
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?
اَمْ لَمْ یُنَبَّاْ بِمَا فِیْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰی ۟ۙ
Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses
وَاِبْرٰهِیْمَ الَّذِیْ وَ ۟ۙ
And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -
اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰی ۟ۙ
That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
وَاَنْ لَّیْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰی ۟ۙ
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَاَنَّ سَعْیَهٗ سَوْفَ یُرٰی ۪۟
And that his effort is going to be seen -
ثُمَّ یُجْزٰىهُ الْجَزَآءَ الْاَوْفٰی ۟ۙ
Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -
وَاَنَّ اِلٰی رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰی ۟ۙ
And that to your Lord is the finality
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰی ۟ۙ
And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْیَا ۟ۙ
And that it is He who causes death and gives life
وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَیْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُ ۟ۙ
And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰی ۪۟
From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
وَاَنَّ عَلَیْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰی ۟ۙ
And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰی وَاَقْنٰی ۟ۙ
And that it is He who enriches and suffices
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰی ۟ۙ
And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius
وَاَنَّهٗۤ اَهْلَكَ عَادَا لْاُوْلٰی ۟ۙ
And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad