Surah An-Najm in the Qaloun Recitation

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ﴿1﴾

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَٰحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ﴿2﴾

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

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ اِ۬لْهَوَىٰ﴿3﴾

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٞ يُوحَىٰۖ﴿4﴾

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ اُ۬لْقُوَىٰ﴿5﴾

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

ذُو مِرَّةٖۖ فَاسْتَوَىٰ﴿6﴾

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

وَهْوَ بِالْأُفُقِ اِ۬لْأَعْلَىٰۖ﴿7﴾

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ﴿8﴾

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰۖ﴿9﴾

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

فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَا أَوْحَىٰۖ﴿10﴾

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

مَا كَذَبَ اَ۬لْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰۖ﴿11﴾

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

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰۖ﴿12﴾

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ﴿13﴾

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ اِ۬لْمُنتَهَىٰ﴿14﴾

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ اُ۬لْمَأْوَىٰ﴿15﴾

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

إِذْ يَغْشَى اَ۬لسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰۖ﴿16﴾

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

مَا زَاغَ اَ۬لْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰۖ﴿17﴾

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

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ اِ۬لْكُبْرَىٰۖ﴿18﴾

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَٰ۬يْتُمُ اُ۬للَّٰتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ﴿19﴾

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

وَمَنَوٰةَ اَ۬لثَّالِثَةَ اَ۬لْأُخْرَىٰ﴿20﴾

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

أَلَكُمُ اُ۬لذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ اُ۬لْأُنثَىٰۖ﴿21﴾

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلْكَ إِذاٗ قِسْمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰۖ﴿22﴾

That, then, is an unjust division.

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَآءٞ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اَ۬للَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍۖ إِنْ يَّتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا اَ۬لظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى اَ۬لْأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ اُ۬لْهُدَىٰۖ﴿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 تَمَنَّىٰۖ﴿24﴾

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلهِ اِ۬لْأٓخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰۖ﴿25﴾

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

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِے اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِے شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَئْاً إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ يَّأْذَنَ اَ۬للَّهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰۖ﴿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 اَ۬لذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ اَ۬لْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ اَ۬لْأُنثَىٰۖ﴿27﴾

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

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍۖ إِنْ يَّتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا اَ۬لظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ اَ۬لظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِے مِنَ اَ۬لْحَقِّ شَئْاٗۖ فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا اَ۬لْحَيَوٰةَ اَ۬لدُّنْيَاۖ﴿28﴾

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ اَ۬لْعِلْمِۖ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۖ وَهْوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اِ۪هْتَدَىٰۖ﴿29﴾

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.

وَلِلهِ مَا فِے اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِے اِ۬لْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ اَ۬لذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجْزِيَ اَ۬لذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ بِالْحُسْنَىۖ﴿30﴾

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] -

اَ۬لذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ اَ۬لْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا اَ۬للَّمَمَۖ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ اُ۬لْمَغْفِرَةِۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ اَ۬لْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٞ فِے بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّواْ أَنفُسَكُمْۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اِ۪تَّقَىٰۖ﴿31﴾

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.

أَفَرَٰ۬يْتَ اَ۬لذِے تَوَلَّىٰ﴿32﴾

Have you seen the one who turned away

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلاٗ وَأَكْدَىٰ﴿33﴾

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ اُ۬لْغَيْبِ فَهْوَ يَرَىٰۖ﴿34﴾

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِے صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ﴿35﴾

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

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ اَ۬لذِے وَفَّىٰ﴿36﴾

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

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰۖ﴿37﴾

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰۖ﴿38﴾

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

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰۖ﴿39﴾

And that his effort is going to be seen -

ثُمَّ يُجْزَيٰهُ اُ۬لْجَزَآءَ اَ۬لْأَوْفَىٰۖ﴿40﴾

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ اَ۬لْمُنتَهَىٰۖ﴿41﴾

And that to your Lord is the finality

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰۖ﴿42﴾

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

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَاۖ﴿43﴾

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ اَ۬لزَّوْجَيْنِ اِ۬لذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ﴿44﴾

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

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰۖ﴿45﴾

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اِ۬لنَّشْأَةَ اَ۬لْأُخْرَىٰۖ﴿46﴾

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰۖ﴿47﴾

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ اُ۬لشِّعْرَىٰۖ﴿48﴾

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius .

وَأَنَّهُۥ أَهْلَكَ عَاداٗ اَ۬لُّاؤْلَىٰ﴿49﴾

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

وَثَمُوداٗ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ﴿50﴾

And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبْلُۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰۖ﴿51﴾

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

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰۖ﴿52﴾

And the overturned towns He hurled down.

فَغَشَّيٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰۖ﴿53﴾

And covered them by that which He covered.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰۖ﴿54﴾

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

۞ هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ اَ۬لنُّذُرِ اِ۬لْأُولَىٰۖ﴿55﴾

This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

أَزِفَتِ اِ۬لْأٓزِفَةُۖ﴿56﴾

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اِ۬للَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌۖ﴿57﴾

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

أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا اَ۬لْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ﴿58﴾

Then at this statement do you wonder?

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ﴿59﴾

And you laugh and do not weep

وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَۖ﴿60﴾

While you are proudly sporting?

فَاسْجُدُواْ لِلهِ وَاعْبُدُواْۖ۩﴿61﴾

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].