Surah An-Najm (The Star)

62 Verse(s) • Surah number 53 • Meccan

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ


1. By the star when it descends,

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ


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

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ


3. Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ


4. It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ


5. Taught to him by one intense in strength -

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ


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

وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ


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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ


8. Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ


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

فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ


10. And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.