Arabic text and English translation

Saheeh International

1. وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

   By the star when it descends,

   النجم 1

2. مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

   Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

   النجم 2

3. وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

   Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

   النجم 3

4. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

   It is not but a revelation revealed,

   النجم 4

5. عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

   Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

   النجم 5

6. ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ

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

   النجم 6

7. وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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

   النجم 7

8. ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

   Then he approached and descended

   النجم 8

9. فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

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

   النجم 9

10. فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ

    And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

    النجم 10

11. مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

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

    النجم 11

12. أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

    So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

    النجم 12

13. وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    And he certainly saw him in another descent

    النجم 13

14. عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

    At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

    النجم 14

15. عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ

    Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

    النجم 15

16. إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

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

    النجم 16

17. مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

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

    النجم 17

18. لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ

    He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

    النجم 18

19. أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّـٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

    So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

    النجم 19

20. وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ

    And Manāt, the third - the other one?

    النجم 20

21. أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

    Is the male for you and for Him the female?

    النجم 21

22. تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ

    That, then, is an unjust division.

    النجم 22

23. إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

    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.

    النجم 23

24. أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

    Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

    النجم 24

25. فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

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

    النجم 25

26. ۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

    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.

    النجم 26