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