An-Najm
Vision and Conjecture
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By the star when it sets: your companion has not strayed, nor has he been misled. He utters nothing from emotion — it is nothing but a revelation revealed.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والنجم اذا هوي ما ضل صاحبكم وما غوي وما ينطق عن الهوي ان هو الا وحي يوحيOne of intense strength, of sound vigor, taught him,
علمه شديد القوي ذو مرهthen he appeared in his full stature, at the highest horizon.
فاستوي وهو بالافق الاعليThen he drew near, and came closer still, until he was at the distance of two bow-lengths, or nearer.
ثم دنا فتدلي فكان قاب قوسين او ادنيHe then revealed to His obedient one what He revealed.
فاوحي الي عبده ما اوحيThe Conscience did not lie about what it saw.
ما كذب الفواد ما رايWill you then wrangle with him over what he sees?
افتمرونه علي ما يريHe saw him, in truth, another time, near the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary — near which lies the Garden of Refuge — when the Lote Tree was enveloped by what enveloped it.
ولقد راه نزله اخري عند سدره المنتهي عندها جنه الماوي اذ يغشي السدره ما يغشيThe gaze did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the measure.
ما زاغ البصر وما طغيHe saw, in truth, one of the greatest signs of his Guardian.
لقد راي من ايت ربه الكبريHave you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-Uzza, and Manat, the third, the other? Would the male be for you, and for Him the female?
افريتم اللت والعزي ومنوه الثالثه الاخري الكم الذكر وله الانثيThat, then, would be an unjust division.
تلك اذا قسمه ضيزيThey are nothing but attributes you have named, you and your forefathers; God has sent down no authority for them.
ان هي الا اسما سميتموها انتم واباوكم ما انزل الله بها من سلطنThey follow nothing but conjecture, and what the Selves desire.
ان يتبعون الا الظن وما تهوي الانفسThough guidance has indeed come to them from their Guardian.
ولقد جاهم من ربهم الهديOr does the human being get whatever he wishes?
ام للانسن ما تمنيFor to God belong the last life and the first.
فلله الاخره والاوليHow many Agents are there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God has permitted it, for whom He wills and approves.
وكم من ملك في السموت لا تغني شفعتهم شيا الا من بعد ان ياذن الله لمن يشا ويرضيThose who do not believe in the last life surely give the Agents the attribute of the feminine.
ان الذين لا يومنون بالاخره ليسمون المليكه تسميه الانثيYet they have no knowledge of it.
وما لهم به من علمThey follow nothing but conjecture.
ان يتبعون الا الظنAnd conjecture does not avail at all against the truth.
وان الظن لا يغني من الحق شياSo turn away from whoever has turned away from Our Reminder and desired nothing but the present life.
فاعرض عن من تولي عن ذكرنا ولم يرد الا الحيوه الدنياThat is the extent of their knowledge.
ذلك مبلغهم من العلمYour Guardian indeed knows best who has strayed from His way,
ان ربك هو اعلم بمن ضل عن سبيلهand He knows best who has been guided.
وهو اعلم بمن اهتديTo God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, so that He may recompense those who did evil for what they did, and recompense those who did good with the best [recompense].
ولله ما في السموت وما في الارض ليجزي الذين اسوا بما عملوا ويجزي الذين احسنوا بالحسنيThose who avoid the major transgressions and indecencies, except minor lapses.
الذين يجتنبون كبير الاثم والفوحش الا اللممYour Guardian is indeed vast in forgiveness.
ان ربك وسع المغفرهHe knows you best, when He brought you forth from the earth, and when you were embryos in your mothers' bellies.
هو اعلم بكم اذ انشاكم من الارض واذ انتم اجنه في بطون امهتكمSo do not claim yourselves to be pure.
فلا تزكوا انفسكمHe knows best who has guarded himself.
هو اعلم بمن اتقيHave you then seen the one who turned away, gave a little, then stopped?
افريت الذي تولي واعطي قليلا واكديDoes he have knowledge of what escapes the senses, so that he sees?
اعنده علم الغيب فهو يريOr has he not been informed of what is in the scrolls of Moussa, and of Ibrahim, who was faithful [to his mission]: that no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another,
ام لم ينبا بما في صحف موسي وابرهيم الذي وفي الا تزر وازره وزر اخريand that the human being will have nothing but what he strove for,
وان ليس للانسن الا ما سعيand that his effort will soon be shown,
وان سعيه سوف يريthen he will be recompensed for it with the most faithful recompense,
ثم يجزيه الجزا الاوفيand that to your Guardian is the final boundary,
وان الي ربك المنتهيand that it is He who causes laughter and weeping,
وانه هو اضحك وابكيand that it is He who causes death and gives life,
وانه هو امات واحياand that He created the two mates, the male and the female, from a drop when it is deposited,
وانه خلق الزوجين الذكر والانثي من نطفه اذا تمنيand that upon Him rests the other genesis,
وان عليه النشاه الاخريand that it is He who enriched and granted lasting possession,
وانه هو اغني واقنيand that it is He, the Guardian of Sirius,
وانه هو رب الشعريand that He annihilated the Aad, the first, and the Thamud, leaving nothing behind, and the people of Nuh before that —
وانه اهلك عادا الاولي وثمودا فما ابقي وقوم نوح من قبلfor they were, indeed, more unjust and more excessive.
انهم كانوا هم اظلم واطغيAnd the overturned [city], He cast it down.
والموتفكه اهويThen covered it with what covered it.
فغشيها ما غشيSo which of your Guardian's blessings do you doubt?
فباي الا ربك تتماريThis is a warner among the warners of old.
هذا نذير من النذر الاوليThe Imminent has drawn near.
ازفت الازفهNone besides God can unveil it.
ليس لها من دون الله كاشفهIs it then this discourse that you marvel at, laughing, not weeping, while you remain heedless?
افمن هذا الحديث تعجبون وتضحكون ولا تبكون وانتم سمدونSo prostrate to God, and obey [Him].
فاسجدوا لله واعبدوا