ئايەت :
1
وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
By the star when it sets,
ئايەت :
2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your companion [i.e., the Prophet] has neither strayed nor is he deluded.
ئايەت :
3
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
Nor does he speak out of his own desire.
ئايەت :
4
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ
It is but a revelation sent down [to him].
ئايەت :
5
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ
He was taught by [an angel of] mighty power[1],
ئايەت :
6
ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ
and of great perfection[2], who manifested himself [in his true form][3]
ئايەت :
7
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
when he was on the higher horizon[4].
ئايەت :
8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he approached [the Prophet] and descended,
ئايەت :
9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ
until he was only two bow-lengths away or even closer.
ئايەت :
10
فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ
Then he revealed to His slave[5] what he had to reveal.
ئايەت :
11
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
The [Prophet’s] heart[6] did not deny what he saw.
ئايەت :
12
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Do you dispute with him concerning what he saw?
ئايەت :
13
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
He certainly saw him a second time[7]
ئايەت :
14
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ
at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary [in the seventh heaven]
ئايەت :
15
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ
near which is the Garden of Abode,
ئايەت :
16
إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ
when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors.
ئايەت :
17
مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
His gaze did not wander, nor did it look beyond the limit.
ئايەت :
18
لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ
He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.
ئايەت :
19
أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
Have you [O disbelievers] thought about [the idols of] Lāt and ‘Uzzā,
ئايەت :
20
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
and Manāt, the third one as well[8]?
ئايەت :
21
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
Do you choose for yourselves males and for Him females?
ئايەت :
22
تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That is then an unfair division!
ئايەت :
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
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.
ئايەت :
24
أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Is it that man can get whatever he wishes for[10]?
ئايەت :
25
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and this world.
ئايەت :
26
۞ 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.
