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