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Surah An-Najm — Word by Word

النجم

The Star

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Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1
١

wal-najmi idhā hawā

By the star when it descends,

2
٢

mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghawā

Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

3
٣

wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

4
٤

in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥā

It is not but a revelation revealed,

5
٥

ʿallamahu shadīdu l-quwā

Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

6
٦

dhū mirratin fa-is'tawā

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

7
٧

wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿlā

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

8
٨

thumma danā fatadallā

Then he approached and descended

9
٩

fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

10
١٠

fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

11
١١

mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā raā

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

12
١٢

afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yarā

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

13
١٣

walaqad raāhu nazlatan ukh'rā

And he certainly saw him in another descent

14
١٤

ʿinda sid'rati l-muntahā

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

15
١٥

ʿindahā jannatu l-mawā

Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

16
١٦

idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghshā

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

17
١٧

mā zāgha l-baṣaru wamā ṭaghā

The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

18
١٨

laqad raā min āyāti rabbihi l-kub'rā

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

19
١٩

afara-aytumu l-lāta wal-ʿuzā

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

20
٢٠

wamanata l-thālithata l-ukh'rā

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

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