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Surah An-Najm

النجم · The Star · Meccan · 62 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

53:1

وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ ۝١

Wan-najmi iżā hawā

1. By the star as it goes down.

53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰىۚ ۝٢

Mā ḍolla ṣōḥibukum wa mā ghowā

2. Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred.

53:3

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰى ۝٣

Wa mā yanṭiqu ‘anil-hawā

3. Nor does he speak out of desire.

53:4

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُّوْحٰىۙ ۝٤

In huwa illā waḥyuy yūḥā

4. It is but a revelation revealed.

53:5

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰىۙ ۝٥

‘Allamahū syadīdul-quwā

5. Taught to him by the Extremely Powerful.

53:6

ذُوْ مِرَّةٍۗ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ ۝٦

Żū mirroh, fastawā

6. The one of vigor. He settled.

53:7

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰىۗ ۝٧

Wa huwa bil-ufuqil-a‘lā

7. While he was at the highest horizon.

53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ ۝٨

Ṡumma danā fa tadallā

8. Then he came near, and hovered around.

53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰىۚ ۝٩

Fa kāna qōba qousaini au adnā

9. He was within two bows’ length, or closer.

53:10

فَاَوْحٰىٓ اِلٰى عَبْدِهٖ مَآ اَوْحٰىۗ ۝١٠

Fa auḥā ilā ‘abdihī mā auḥā

10. Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

53:11

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰى ۝١١

Mā każabal-fu'ādu mā ro'ā

11. The heart did not lie about what it saw.

53:12

اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰى مَا يَرٰى ۝١٢

Afa tumārūnahū ‘alā mā yarō

12. Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw?

53:13

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰىۙ ۝١٣

Wa laqod ro'āhu nazlatan ukhrō

13. He saw him on another descent.

53:14

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى ۝١٤

‘Inda sidrotil-muntahā

14. At the Lotus Tree of the Extremity.

53:15

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوٰىۗ ۝١٥

‘Indahā jannatul-ma'wā

15. Near which is the Garden of Repose.

53:16

اِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰىۙ ۝١٦

Iż yaghsyas-sidrota mā yaghsyā

16. As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it.

53:17

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى ۝١٧

Mā zāghol-baṣoru wa mā ṭoghō

17. The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed.

53:18

لَقَدْ رَاٰى مِنْ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰى ۝١٨

Laqod ro'ā min āyāti robbihil-kubrō

18. He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord.

53:19

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰى ۝١٩

Afa ro'aitumul-lāta wal-‘uzzā

19. Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza?

53:20

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰى ۝٢٠

Wa manātaṡ-ṡāliṡatal-ukhrō

20. And Manat, the third one, the other?

53:21

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى ۝٢١

Alakumuż-żakaru wa lahul-unṡā

21. Are you to have the males, and He the females?

53:22

تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيْزٰى ۝٢٢

Tilka iżan qismatun ḍīzā

22. What a bizarre distribution.

53:23

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّآ اَسْمَاۤءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَآ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَاۤؤُكُمْ مَّآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَاۤءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىۗ ۝٢٣

In hiya illā asmā-un sammaitumūhā antum wa ābā-ukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭōn, iy yattabi‘ūna illaẓ-ẓonna wa mā tahwal-anfus, wa laqod jā-ahum mir robbihimul-hudā

23. These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which Allah sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.

53:24

اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰىۖ ۝٢٤

Am lil-insāni mā tamannā

24. Or is the human being to have whatever he desires?

53:25

فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰى ࣖ ۝٢٥

Fa lillāhil-ākhirotu wal-ūlā

25. To Allah belong the Last and the First.

53:26

وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِيْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَّأْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَرْضٰى ۝٢٦

Wa kam mim malakin fis-samāwāti lā tughnī syafā‘atuhum syai'an illā mim ba‘di ay ya'żanallāhu limay yasyā-u wa yarḍō

26. How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after Allah gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves?

53:27

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰى ۝٢٧

Innal-lażīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhiroti layusammūnal-malā-ikata tasmiyatal-unṡā

27. Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females.

53:28

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِيْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔاۚ ۝٢٨

Wa mā lahum bihī min ‘ilm, iy yattabi‘ūna illaẓ-ẓonn, wa innaẓ-ẓonna lā yughnī minal-ḥaqqi syai'ā

28. They have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, and assumptions are no substitute for the truth.

53:29

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰىۙ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَاۗ ۝٢٩

Fa a‘riḍ ‘am man tawallā, ‘an żikrinā wa lam yurid illal-ḥayātad-dun-yā

29. So avoid him who has turned away from Our remembrance, and desires nothing but the present life.

53:30

ذٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِۗ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰى ۝٣٠

Żālika mablaghuhum minal-‘ilm, inna robbaka huwa a‘lamu biman ḍolla ‘an sabīlih, wa huwa a‘lamu bimanihtadā

30. That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance.

53:31

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۗ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسَاۤءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰىۚ ۝٣١

Wa lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, liyajziyal-lażīna asā-ū bimā ‘amilū wa yajziyal-lażīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā

31. To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and recompense those who do good with the best.

53:32

اَلَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰۤىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَۙ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِيْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْۗ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْٓا اَنْفُسَكُمْۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى ࣖ ۝٣٢

Allażīna yajtanibūna kabā-irol-iṡmi wal-fawāḥisya illal-lamam, inna robbaka wāsi‘ul-maghfiroh, huwa a‘lamu bikum iż ansya'akum minal-arḍi wa iż antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum, falā tuzakkū anfusakum, huwa a‘lamu bimanittaqō

32. Those who avoid gross sins and indecencies—except for minor lapses—your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well, ever since He created you from the earth, and ever since you were embryos in your mothers’ wombs. So do not acclaim your own virtue; He is fully aware of the righteous.

53:33

اَفَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِيْ تَوَلّٰىۙ ۝٣٣

Afa ro'aital-lażī tawallā

33. Have you considered him who turned away?

53:34

وَاَعْطٰى قَلِيْلًا وَّاَكْدٰى ۝٣٤

Wa a‘ṭō qolīlaw wa akdā

34. And gave a little, and held back?

53:35

اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰى ۝٣٥

A‘indahū ‘ilmul-ghoibi fahuwa yarō

35. Does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and can therefore foresee?

53:36

اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِيْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰى ۝٣٦

Am lam yunabba' bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā

36. Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses?

53:37

وَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ الَّذِيْ وَفّٰىٓ ۙ ۝٣٧

Wa ibrōhīmal-lażī waffā

37. And of Abraham, who fulfilled?

53:38

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰىۙ ۝٣٨

Allā taziru wāzirotuw wizro ukhrō

38. That no soul bears the burdens of another soul.

53:39

وَاَنْ لَّيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ ۝٣٩

Wa al laisa lil-insāni illā mā sa‘ā

39. And that the human being attains only what he strives for.

53:40

وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهٗ سَوْفَ يُرٰىۖ ۝٤٠

Wa anna sa‘yahū saufa yurō

40. And that his efforts will be witnessed.

53:41

ثُمَّ يُجْزٰىهُ الْجَزَاۤءَ الْاَوْفٰىۙ ۝٤١

Ṡumma yujzāhul-jazā-al-aufā

41. Then he will be rewarded for it the fullest reward.

53:42

وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ ۝٤٢

Wa anna ilā robbikal-muntahā

42. And that to your Lord is the finality.

53:43

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰى ۝٤٣

Wa annahū huwa aḍḥaka wa abkā

43. And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping.

53:44

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَاَحْيَاۙ ۝٤٤

Wa annahū huwa amāta wa aḥyā

44. And that it is He who gives death and life.

53:45

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۙ ۝٤٥

Wa annahū kholaqoz-zaujainiż-żakaro wal-unṡā

45. And that it is He who created the two kinds—the male and the female.

53:46

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰىۙ ۝٤٦

Min nuṭfatin iżā tumnā

46. From a sperm drop, when emitted.

53:47

وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰىۙ ۝٤٧

Wa anna ‘alaihin nasy'atal-ukhrō

47. And that upon Him is the next existence.

53:48

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰى وَاَقْنٰىۙ ۝٤٨

Wa annahū huwa aghnā wa aqnā

48. And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes.

53:49

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰىۙ ۝٤٩

Wa annahū huwa robbusy-syi‘rō

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

53:50

وَاَنَّهٗٓ اَهْلَكَ عَادًا ۨالْاُوْلٰىۙ ۝٥٠

Wa annahū ahlaka ‘ādanil-ūlā

50. And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad.

53:51

وَثَمُوْدَا۟ فَمَآ اَبْقٰىۙ ۝٥١

Wa ṡamūda famā abqō

51. And Thamood, sparing no one.

53:52

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىۗ ۝٥٢

Wa qouma nūḥim min qobl, innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa aṭghō

52. And the people of Noah before that; for they were most unjust and most oppressive.

53:53

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ ۝٥٣

Wal-mu'tafikata ahwā

53. And He toppled the ruined cities.

53:54

فَغَشّٰىهَا مَا غَشّٰىۚ ۝٥٤

Fa ghosysyāhā mā ghosysyā

54. And covered them with whatever covered them.

53:55

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰى ۝٥٥

Fa bi'ayyi ālā-i robbika tatamārō

55. So which of your Lord’s marvels can you deny?

53:56

هٰذَا نَذِيْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰى ۝٥٦

Hāżā nażīrum minan-nużuril-ūlā

56. This is a warning, just like the first warnings.

53:57

اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفَةُ ۚ ۝٥٧

Azifatil-āzifah

57. The inevitable is imminent.

53:58

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۗ ۝٥٨

Laisa lahā min dūnillāhi kāsyifah

58. None besides Allah can unveil it.

53:59

اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَۙ ۝٥٩

Afamin hāżal-ḥadīṡi ta‘jabūn

59. Do you marvel at this discourse?

53:60

وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَۙ ۝٦٠

Wa taḍḥakūna wa lā tabkūn

60. And laugh, and do not weep?

53:61

وَاَنْتُمْ سٰمِدُوْنَ ۝٦١

Wa antum sāmidūn

61. Lost in your frivolity?

53:62

فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا ࣖ ۩ ۝٦٢

Fasjudū lillāhi wa‘budū

62. So bow down to Allah, and worship!

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Surah An-Najm (The Star) is surah number 53 of the Quran. It has 62 verses and is a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic, transliteration and translation verse by verse or as continuous text; every verse also has its own page.

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).