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وَالنَّجۡمِ اِذَا هَوٰيۙ‏

By the star when it descends

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوٰيۚ‏

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

وَمَا يَنۡطِقُ عَنِ الۡهَوٰيؕۚ‏

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination

اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحۡيٌ يُّوۡحٰيۙ‏

It is not but a revelation revealed

عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيۡدُ الۡقُوٰيۙ‏

Taught to him by one intense in strength

ذُوۡ مِرَّةٍؕ فَاسۡتَوٰيۙ‏

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

وَهُوَ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡاَعۡلٰيؕ‏

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

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰيۙ‏

Then he approached and descended

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ اَوۡ اَدۡنٰيۚ‏

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer

فَاَوۡحٰ٘ي اِلٰي عَبۡدِهٖ مَا٘ اَوۡحٰيؕ‏

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed

مَا كَذَبَ الۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰي

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw

اَفَتُمٰرُوۡنَهٗ عَلٰي مَا يَرٰي

So will you dispute with him over what he saw

وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ نَزۡلَةً اُخۡرٰيۙ‏

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِنۡدَ سِدۡرَةِ الۡمُنۡتَهٰي

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary

عِنۡدَهَا جَنَّةُ الۡمَاۡوٰيؕ‏

Near it is the Garden of Refuge

اِذۡ يَغۡشَي السِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشٰيۙ‏

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

مَا زَاغَ الۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰي

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

لَقَدۡ رَاٰي مِنۡ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الۡكُبۡرٰي

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord

اَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالۡعُزّٰيۙ‏

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

وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الۡاُخۡرٰي

And Manat, the third - the other one

اَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الۡاُنۡثٰي

Is the male for you and for Him the female

تِلۡكَ اِذًا قِسۡمَةٌ ضِيۡزٰي

That, then, is an unjust division

اِنۡ هِيَ اِلَّا٘ اَسۡمَآءٌ سَمَّيۡتُمُوۡهَا٘ اَنۡتُمۡ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمۡ مَّا٘ اَنۡزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنۡ سُلۡطٰنٍؕ اِنۡ يَّتَّبِعُوۡنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَي الۡاَنۡفُسُۚ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهِمُ الۡهُدٰيؕ‏

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

اَمۡ لِلۡاِنۡسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰيؗۖ‏

Or is there for man whatever he wishes

فَلِلّٰهِ الۡاٰخِرَةُ وَالۡاُوۡلٰيࣖ‏

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

وَكَمۡ مِّنۡ مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِيۡ شَفَاعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا اِلَّا مِنۭۡ بَعۡدِ اَنۡ يَّاۡذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنۡ يَّشَآءُ وَيَرۡضٰي

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