آية :
1
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
(1) By the star when it descends,
آية :
2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
(2) Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
آية :
3
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
(3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
آية :
4
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ
(4) It is not but a revelation revealed,
آية :
5
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ
(5) Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
آية :
6
ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ
(6) One of soundness.[1562] And he rose to [his] true form[1563]
آية :
7
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
(7) While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.[1564]
آية :
8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
(8) Then he approached and descended
آية :
9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ
(9) And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
آية :
10
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ
(10) And he revealed to His Servant[1565] what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
آية :
11
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
(11) The heart[1566] did not lie [about] what it saw.
آية :
12
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
(12) So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
آية :
13
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
(13) And he certainly saw him in another descent[1567]
آية :
14
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
(14) At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
آية :
15
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ
(15) Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
آية :
16
إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ
(16) When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].[1568]
آية :
17
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
(17) The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
آية :
18
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
(18) He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
آية :
19
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
(19) So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?
آية :
20
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
(20) And Manāt, the third - the other one?[1569]
آية :
21
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
(21) Is the male for you and for Him the female?
آية :
22
تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ
(22) That, then, is an unjust division.[1570]
آية :
23
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
(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.
آية :
24
أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
(24) Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
آية :
25
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
(25) Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
آية :
26
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ
(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.
