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The Star53. An-Najmالنجم

al-Najm

The Star

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53:1

wa-n-najmi ʾidhā hawā

By the star when it sets:

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:2

mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa-mā ghawā

your companion has neither gone astray, nor amiss.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:3

wa-mā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

Nor does he speak out of [his own] desire:

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53:4

ʾin huwa ʾillā waḥyun yūḥā

it is just a revelation that is revealed [to him],

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53:5

ʿallamahū shadīdu l-quwā

taught him by one of great powers,

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53:6

dhū mirratin fa-stawā

possessed of sound judgement. He settled,

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53:7

wa-huwa bi-l-ʾufuqi l-ʾaʿlā

while he was on the highest horizon.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:8

thumma danā fa-tadallā

Then he drew nearer and nearer

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53:9

fa-kāna qāba qawsayni ʾaw ʾadnā

until he was within two bows’ length or even nearer,

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53:10

fa-ʾawḥā ʾilā ʿabdihī mā ʾawḥā

whereat He revealed to His servant whatever He revealed.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:11

mā kadhaba l-fuʾādu mā raʾā

The heart did not deny what it saw.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:12

ʾa-fa-tumārūnahū ʿalā mā yarā

Will you then dispute with him about what he saw?!

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:13

wa-la-qad raʾāhu nazlatan ʾukhrā

Certainly he saw it yet another time,

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53:14

ʿinda sidrati l-muntahā

by the Lote Tree of the Ultimate Boundary,

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53:15

ʿindahā jannatu l-maʾwā

near which is the Garden of the Abode,

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53:16

ʾidh yaghshā s-sidrata mā yaghshā

when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it.

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53:17

mā zāgha l-baṣaru wa-mā ṭaghā

His gaze did not swerve, nor did it overstep the bounds.

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53:18

la-qad raʾā min ʾāyāti rabbihi l-kubrā

Certainly he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:19

ʾa-fa-raʾaytumu l-lāta wa-l-ʿuzzā

Have you considered Lat and ‘Uzza?

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53:20

wa-manāta th-thālithata l-ʾukhrā

and Manat, the third one?

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53:21

ʾa-lakumu dh-dhakaru wa-lahu l-ʾunthā

Are you to have males and He females?

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:22

tilka ʾidhan qismatun ḍīzā

That, then, will be an unfair division!

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:23

ʾin hiya ʾillā ʾasmāʾun sammaytumūhā ʾantum wa-ʾābāʾukum mā ʾanzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-mā tahwā l-ʾanfusu wa-la-qad jāʾahum min rabbihimu l-hudā

These are but names, which you have coined—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:24

ʾam li-l-ʾinsāni mā tamannā

Shall man have whatever he yearns for?

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53:25

fa-li-llāhi l-ʾākhiratu wa-l-ʾūlā

Yet to Allah belong this world and the Hereafter.

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53:26

wa-kam min malakin fī s-samāwāti lā tughnī shafāʿatuhum shayʾan ʾillā min baʿdi ʾan yaʾdhana llāhu li-man yashāʾu wa-yarḍā

How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession is of not any avail, except after Allah permits whomever He wishes and approves of!

— Ali Quli Qarai

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53:27

ʾinna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati la-yusammūna l-malāʾikata tasmiyata l-ʾunthā

Indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter give female names to the angels.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:28

wa-mā lahum bihī min ʿilmin ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna wa-ʾinna ẓ-ẓanna lā yughnī mina l-ḥaqqi shayʾan

They do not have any knowledge of that. They follow nothing but conjectures, and conjecture is no substitute for the truth.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:29

fa-ʾaʿriḍ ʿan man tawallā ʿan dhikrinā wa-lam yurid ʾillā l-ḥayāta d-dunyā

So avoid those who turn away from Our remembrance and desire nothing but the life of the world.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:30

dhālika mablaghuhum mina l-ʿilmi ʾinna rabbaka huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-man ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa-huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-mani htadā

That is the ultimate reach of their knowledge. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are [rightly] guided.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:31

wa-li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi li-yajziya lladhīna ʾasāʾū bi-mā ʿamilū wa-yajziya lladhīna ʾaḥsanū bi-l-ḥusnā

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil for what they have done, and reward those who do good with the best [of rewards].

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:32

alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾira l-ʾithmi wa-l-fawāḥisha ʾillā l-lamama ʾinna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maghfirati huwa ʾaʿlamu bikum ʾidh ʾanshaʾakum mina l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾidh ʾantum ʾajinnatun fī buṭūni ʾummahātikum fa-lā tuzakkū ʾanfusakum huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-mani ttaqā

Those who avoid major sins and indecencies, apart from [minor and occasional] lapses. Indeed your Lord is expansive in [His] forgiveness. He knows you best since [the time] He produced you from the earth and since you were foetuses in the bellies of your mothers. So do not flaunt your piety: He knows best those who are Godwary.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:33

ʾa-fa-raʾayta lladhī tawallā

Did you see him who turned away,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:34

wa-ʾaʿṭā qalīlan wa-ʾakdā

gave a little and held off?

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:35

ʾa-ʿindahū ʿilmu l-ghaybi fa-huwa yarā

Does he have the knowledge of the Unseen so that he sees?

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:36

ʾam lam yunabbaʾ bi-mā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā

Has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:37

wa-ʾibrāhīma lladhī waffā

and of Abraham, who fulfilled [his summons]:

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:38

ʾallā taziru wāziratun wizra ʾukhrā

that no bearer shall bear another’s burden,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:39

wa-ʾan laysa li-l-ʾinsāni ʾillā mā saʿā

that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:40

wa-ʾanna saʿyahū sawfa yurā

and that he will soon be shown his endeavour,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:41

thumma yujzāhu l-jazāʾa l-ʾawfā

then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward;

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:42

wa-ʾanna ʾilā rabbika l-muntahā

that the terminus is toward your Lord,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:43

wa-ʾannahū huwa ʾaḍḥaka wa-ʾabkā

that it is He who makes [men] laugh, and weep,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:44

wa-ʾannahū huwa ʾamāta wa-ʾaḥyā

that it is He who brings death and gives life,

— Ali Quli Qarai

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53:45

wa-ʾannahū khalaqa z-zawjayni dh-dhakara wa-l-ʾunthā

that it is He who created the mates, the male and the female,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:46

min nuṭfatin ʾidhā tumnā

from a drop of [seminal] fluid when emitted;

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:47

wa-ʾanna ʿalayhi n-nashʾata l-ʾukhrā

that with Him lies the second genesis,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:48

wa-ʾannahū huwa ʾaghnā wa-ʾaqnā

that it is He who enriches and grants possessions,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:49

wa-ʾannahū huwa rabbu sh-shiʿrā

that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius;

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:50

wa-ʾannahū ʾahlaka ʿādan-i l-ʾūlā

that it is He who destroyed the former ‘Ad,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:51

wa-thamūda fa-mā ʾabqā

and Thamud, sparing none [of them];

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:52

wa-qawma nūḥin min qablu ʾinnahum kānū hum ʾaẓlama wa-ʾaṭghā

and the people of Noah before that; indeed they were more unjust and rebellious;

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:53

wa-l-muʾtafikata ʾahwā

and He overthrew the town that was overturned,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:54

fa-ghashshāhā mā ghashshā

covering it with what covered it.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:55

fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbika tatamārā

Then which of the bounties of your Lord will you dispute?

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:56

hādhā nadhīrun mina n-nudhuri l-ʾūlā

This is a warner, [in the tradition] of the warners of old.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:57

ʾazifati l-ʾāzifatu

The Imminent [Hour] is near at hand.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:58

laysa lahā min dūni llāhi kāshifatun

There is none who may unveil it besides Allah.

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:59

ʾa-fa-min hādhā l-ḥadīthi taʿjabūna

Will you then wonder at this discourse,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:60

wa-taḍḥakūna wa-lā tabkūna

and laugh and not weep,

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:61

wa-ʾantum sāmidūna

while you remain heedless?!

— Ali Quli Qarai

53:62

fa-sjudū li-llāhi wa-ʿbudū

So prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship Him!

— Ali Quli Qarai

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