وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١
By the star when it descends,
النجم
An-Najm
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢
Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ٣
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ ٤
It is not but a revelation revealed,
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ٥
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ٦
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٧
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨
Then he approached and descended
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ١٠
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢
So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ١٣
And he certainly saw him in another descent
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ ١٥
Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ١٦
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧
The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ ١٨
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.