आयत :
1
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
By the star when it sets,
आयत :
2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your companion [i.e., the Prophet] has neither strayed nor is he deluded.
आयत :
3
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
Nor does he speak out of his own desire.
आयत :
4
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ
It is but a revelation sent down [to him].
आयत :
5
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ
He was taught by [an angel of] mighty power[1],
आयत :
6
ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ
and of great perfection[2], who manifested himself [in his true form][3]
आयत :
7
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
when he was on the higher horizon[4].
आयत :
8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended,
आयत :
9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ
until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer.
आयत :
10
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ
Then he revealed to His slave[5] what he had to reveal.
आयत :
11
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
The [Prophet’s] heart[6] did not deny what he saw.
आयत :
12
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Do you dispute with him concerning what he saw?
आयत :
13
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
He certainly saw him a second time[7]
आयत :
14
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary [in the seventh heaven]
आयत :
15
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ
near which is the Garden of Abode,
आयत :
16
إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ
when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors.
आयत :
17
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit.
आयत :
18
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.
आयत :
19
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
Have you [O disbelievers] thought about [the idols of] Lāt and ‘Uzzā,
आयत :
20
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
and Manāt, the third one as well[8]?
आयत :
21
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
Do you choose for yourselves males and for Him females?
आयत :
22
تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That is then an unfair division!
आयत :
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
These [idols] are no more than names you and your forefathers have made up[9], for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their souls desire, although there has come to them guidance from their Lord.
आयत :
24
أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for[10]?
आयत :
25
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world.
आयत :
26
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ
How many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will be of no avail except after Allah’s permission to whom He wills and pleases.
