SURAH AN-NAJM (THE STAR)

This surah was revealed in Mecca and it has 62 verses. The reward for reciting this surah is ten times the number of believers and sinners combined. The reciter will lead a respectable and honourable life and people will love and respect him.

Writing this surah and keeping it at a taweez makes one courageous in front of the ruler and makes the ruler respect him. He also comes out victorious in debates and discussions.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ‏(1)

(1) I swear by the star when it goes down.

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰى‌ۚ‏(2)

(2) Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰىؕ‏(3)

(3) Nor does he speak out of desire.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُّوْحٰىۙ‏(4)

(4) It is naught but revelation that is revealed,

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰىۙ‏(5)

(5) The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,

ذُوْ مِرَّةٍؕ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ‏(6)

(6) The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰى ؕ‏(7)

(7) And he is in the highest part of the horizon.

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ‏(8)

(8) Then he drew near, then he bowed

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰى‌ۚ‏(9)

(9) So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.

فَاَوْحٰۤى الٰى عَبْدِهٖ مَاۤ اَوْحٰىؕ‏(10)

(10) And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰى‏(11)

(11) The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.

اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰى مَا يَرٰى‏(12)

(12) What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰىۙ‏(13)

(13) And certainly he saw him in another descent,

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى‏(14)

(14) At the farthest lote-tree;

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَاْوٰىؕ‏(15)

(15) Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.

اِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰىۙ‏(16)

(16) When that which covers covered the lote-tree;

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى‏(17)

(17) The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.

لَقَدْ رَاٰى مِنْ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰى‏(18)

(18) Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰىۙ‏(19)

(19) Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰى‏(20)

(20) And Manat, the third, the last?

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى‏(21)

(21) What! for you the males and for Him the females!

تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيْزٰى‏(22)

(22) This indeed is an unjust division!

اِنْ هِىَ اِلَّاۤ اَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَاۤ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمْ مَّاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍ‌ؕ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُ‌ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىؕ‏(23)

(23) They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.

اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰى  ۖ‏(24)

(24) Or shall man have what he wishes?

فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰى‏(25)

(25) Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

وَكَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِىْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَّاْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَيَرْضٰى‏(26)

(26) And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰى‏(27)

(27) Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ‌ؕ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ‌ۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِىْ مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًاۚ‏(28)

(28) And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰى ۙ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا ؕ‏(29)

(29) Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.

ذٰ لِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ‌ ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖ ۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰى‏(30)

(30) That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۙ لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسَآءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَيَجْزِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰى‌ ۚ‏(31)

(31) And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.

اَلَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰٓئِرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَ‌ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ‌ؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِىْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْ‌ۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ‌ ؕ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى‏(32)

(32) Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).

اَفَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِىْ تَوَلّٰىۙ‏(33)

(33) Have you then seen him who turns his back?

وَاَعْطٰى قَلِيْلًا وَّاَكْدٰى‏(34)

(34) And gives a little and (then) withholds.

اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰى‏(35)

(35) Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?

اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّاْ بِمَا فِىْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰىۙ‏(36)

(36) Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?

وَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ الَّذِىْ وَفّٰىٓ ۙ‏(37)

(37) And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):

اَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰىۙ‏(38)

(38) That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-

وَاَنْ لَّيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ‏(39)

(39) And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-

وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهٗ سَوْفَ يُرٰى‏(40)

(40) And that his striving shall soon be seen-

ثُمَّ يُجْزٰٮهُ الْجَزَآءَ الْاَوْفٰىۙ‏(41)

(41) Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward-

وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ‏(42)

(42) And that to your Lord is the goal-

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ‏(43)

(43) And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَ اَحْيَا ۙ‏(44)

(44) And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-

وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۙ‏(45)

(45) And that He created pairs, the male and the female

مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰى‏(46)

(46) From the small seed when it is adapted

وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰىۙ‏(47)

(47) And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰى وَ اَقْنٰىۙ‏(48)

(48) And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;

وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰىۙ‏(49)

(49) And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;

وَاَنَّهٗۤ اَهْلَكَ عَادَا۟ ۟الْٮئُوْلٰى ۙ‏(50)

(50) And that He did destroy the Ad of old

وَثَمُوْدَاۡ فَمَاۤ اَبْقٰىۙ‏(51)

(51) And Samood, so He spared not

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُ‌ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىؕ‏(52)

(52) And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ‏(53)

(53) And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,

فَغَشّٰٮهَا مَا غَشّٰى‌ۚ‏(54)

(54) So there covered them that which covered.

فَبِاَىِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰى‏(55)

(55) Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?

هٰذَا نَذِيْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰٓى‏(56)

(56) This is a warner of the warners of old.

اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفَةُ‌ۚ‏(57)

(57) The near event draws nigh.

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ؕ‏(58)

(58) There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.

اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَۙ‏(59)

(59) Do you then wonder at this announcement?

وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَۙ‏(60)

(60) And will you laugh and not weep?

وَاَنْتُمْ سٰمِدُوْنَ‏(61)

(61) While you are indulging in varieties.

فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا ۩ ‏(62)

(62) So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).