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وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

Wannajmi izaa hawaa

By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

Maa dalla saahibukum wa maa ghawaa

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

Wa maa yyantiqu 'anilhawaaa

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ

In huwa illaa Wahyuny yoohaa

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ

'Allamahoo shadeedul quwaa

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ

Zoo mirratin fastawaa

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

وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ

Wa huwa bil ufuqil a'laa

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

Summa danaa fatadalla

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

Fakaana qaaba qawsaini aw adnaa

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

فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ

Fa awhaaa ilaa 'abdihee maaa awhaa

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ

Maa kazabal fu'aadu maa ra aa

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

أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

Afatumaaroonahoo 'alaa maayaraa

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

Wa laqad ra aahu nazlatan ukhraa

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

'Inda sidratil muntaha

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ

'Indahaa jannatul maawaa

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

Iz yaghshas sidrata maa yaghshaa

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

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

Maa zaaghal basaru wa maa taghaa

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

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ

Laqad ra aa min aayaati Rabbihil kubraaa

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ

Afara'aytumul laata wal 'uzzaa

So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?

وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

Wa manaatas saalisatal ukhraa

And Manat, the third - the other one?

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ

A-lakumuz zakaru wa lahul unsaa

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ

Tilka izan qismatun deezaa

That, then, is an unjust division.

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ

In hiya illaaa asmaaa'un sammaitumoohaaa antum wa aabaaa'ukum maaa anzalal laahu bihaa min sultaan; inyyattabi'oona illaz zanna wa maa tahwal anfusu wa laqad jaaa'ahum mir Rabbihimul hudaa

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah 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.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

Am lil insaani maa taman naa

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Falillaahil aakhiratu wal oolaa

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ

Wa kam mim malakin fissamaawaati laa tughnee shafaa'atuhum shai'an illaa mim ba'di anyyaazanal laahu limany yashaaa'u wa yardaa

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.