Surah An-Najm, Ayah 41-60 — Word by Word
النجم
The Star
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
thumma yuj'zāhu l-jazāa l-awfā
Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -
wa-anna ilā rabbika l-muntahā
And that to your Lord is the finality
wa-annahu huwa aḍḥaka wa-abkā
And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
wa-annahu huwa amāta wa-aḥyā
And that it is He who causes death and gives life
wa-annahu khalaqa l-zawjayni l-dhakara wal-unthā
And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
min nuṭ'fatin idhā tum'nā
From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
wa-anna ʿalayhi l-nashata l-ukh'rā
And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.
wa-annahu huwa aghnā wa-aqnā
And that it is He who enriches and suffices
wa-annahu huwa rabbu l-shiʿ'rā
And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.
wa-annahu ahlaka ʿādan l-ūlā
And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.
wathamūdā famā abqā
And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -
waqawma nūḥin min qablu innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa-aṭghā
And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
wal-mu'tafikata ahwā
And the overturned towns He hurled down.
faghashāhā mā ghashā
And covered them by that which He covered.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbika tatamārā
Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
hādhā nadhīrun mina l-nudhuri l-ūlā
This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.
azifati l-āzifatu
The Approaching Day has approached.
laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi kāshifatun
Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.
afamin hādhā l-ḥadīthi taʿjabūna
Then at this statement do you wonder?
wataḍḥakūna walā tabkūna
And you laugh and do not weep