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Translation of the meanings Surah: An-Najm   Ayah:

An-Najm

وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
By the star when it sets,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your companion [i.e., the Prophet] has neither strayed nor is he deluded.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
Nor does he speak out of his own desire.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ
It is but a revelation sent down [to him].
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ
He was taught by [an angel of] mighty power[1],
[1] i.e., the angel Gabriel.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ
and of great perfection[2], who manifested himself [in his true form][3]
[2] i.e., the strength of body and mind.
[3] Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Prophet (ﷺ) only twice in his angelic form: once at the outset of the Prophet’s mission (as he manifested himself, filling the horizon, so the Prophet (ﷺ) lost his consciousness), and another time during the Prophet’s ascension to the seventh heaven where he directly received from Allah the order to pray five times a day. See 17:1.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
when he was on the higher horizon[4].
[4] i.e., above the eastern horizon in the sky where the sun rises.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ
until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ
Then he revealed to His slave[5] what he had to reveal.
[5] i.e., the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
The [Prophet’s] heart[6] did not deny what he saw.
[6] i.e., his mind or perception.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Do you dispute with him concerning what he saw?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
He certainly saw him a second time[7]
[7] i.e., During his ascent (al-Mi‘rāj) to the heavens, he saw Gabriel in his true angelic form.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary [in the seventh heaven]
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ
near which is the Garden of Abode,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ
when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
Have you [O disbelievers] thought about [the idols of] Lāt and ‘Uzzā,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
and Manāt, the third one as well[8]?
[8] These were three well-known idols or goddesses worshiped by Arab pagans before the advent of Islam.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
Do you choose for yourselves males and for Him females?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That is then an unfair division!
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
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.
[9] i.e., You have considered them gods while in fact, they are not.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for[10]?
[10] The pagans worshiped these idols wishing that they would intercede for them on the Day of Resurrection. See 39:3.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
۞ 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.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels female names.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا
They have no knowledge about it. They only follow conjecture, but conjecture is of no avail against the truth.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ يُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
So pay no heed to those who turn away from Our message[11] and who only seek the life of this world.
[11] i.e., the Qur’an.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
ذَٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ
That is the limit of their knowledge. Indeed, your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Way, and He knows best who is guided.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى
To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, so that He may recompense the evildoers for what they did, and reward those who do good with the best reward[12],
[12] i.e., Paradise.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةٞ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ
those who avoid major sins and shameful acts, except for minor lapses. Indeed, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you best, as He created you from the earth[13] and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers[14]. So do not claim purity for yourselves, for He knows best who is truly righteous.
[13] i.e., created your father, Adam.
[14] See footnote 31:34.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ
Have you seen the one who turned away [from Islam],
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِيلٗا وَأَكۡدَىٰٓ
who gave a little, and then stopped?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he has insight[15]?
[15] i.e., the knowledge that his wealth will be exhausted if he spends on the poor, while Allah has promised that it nourishes wealth.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Or has he not been informed of what is in the Scriptures of Moses,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَفَّىٰٓ
and of Abraham, who fulfilled his duty?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ
That no bearer of burden will bear the burden of another,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَن لَّيۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
and that man will not receive except what he strives for,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّ سَعۡيَهُۥ سَوۡفَ يُرَىٰ
and that his efforts will be examined,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
ثُمَّ يُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَآءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ
then he will be recompensed in full,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
and that to your Lord is the final return,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ
and that He is the One Who makes people laugh and weep[16],
[16] i.e., brings happiness or sadness to people.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡيَا
and that He is the One Who causes death and gives life,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
and that He created the pairs, male and female,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ
from a drop of sperm when it is emitted,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ
and it is upon Him to bring about the second creation.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ
And He is the One Who enriches and bestows wealth,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ
and that He is the Lord of Sirius[17].
[17] i.e., a star worshiped by some pagans before Islam.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
And that He destroyed the earlier ‘Ād[18],
[18] i.e., the people of Prophet Hūd.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَثَمُودَاْ فَمَآ أَبۡقَىٰ
and Thamūd[19], sparing none,
[19] i.e., the people of Prophet Sālih, who are called second Ād.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ
and [He destroyed] the people of Noah before them; they were indeed more wicked and more rebellious.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ
And He toppled the cities[20] upside down,
[20] Of Sodom and Gomorrah whose dwellers defied Prophet Lot (عليه السلام).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
and they were utterly covered [by stones][21].
[21] They were rained by stones.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
This [Prophet] is a warner like the earlier warners.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ
The imminent Hour has drawn near,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
none but Allah can disclose it.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ
Do you find this discourse astonishing,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ
and you laugh [at it] and not weep,
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ
while heedlessly lost in amusement?
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ۩
So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
 
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