Revealed in Makkah, Surah An-Najm (The Star) confirms the divine nature of the Prophet's visions, detailing his miraculous night journey and ascension to the highest heavens (Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary). It refutes pagan myths regarding angels as daughters of God and the worship of idols like Lat and Uzza. The Surah emphasizes that every individual is only responsible for their own actions, calling for prostration and submission to God.
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Waalnnajmi itha hawa
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By the star as it goes down
God swears an oath by setting stars and meteorites fading over the horizon at dawn.
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Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa
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Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred
The divine declaration sworn to by the star: affirming that the Prophet ﷺ has never deviated from the truth in mind or action.
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Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa
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Nor does he speak out of desire
Affirms that his religious instructions and Sunnah are free from personal bias or ego.
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In huwa illa wahyun yooha
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It is but a revelation revealed
Confirms that the Quran and prophetic teachings are divinely inspired from God.
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AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa
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Taught to him by the Extremely Powerful
Identifies Archangel Gabriel (Jibril), praised for his immense spiritual and physical strength.
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Thoo mirratin faistawa
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The one of vigor. He settled
Describes Gabriel appearing before the Prophet ﷺ in his original magnificent angelic splendor.
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Wahuwa bialofuqi alaAAla
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While he was at the highest horizon
Depicts Gabriel spanning across the eastern sky, filling the entire horizon from end to end.
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Thumma dana fatadalla
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Then he came near, and hovered around
Describes Gabriel drawing closer in visual proximity to the Prophet ﷺ during their early encounter in Mecca.
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Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna
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He was within two bows’ length, or closer
An ancient Arabic measurement denoting intimate closeness ('Qaba Qawsayn') between the Angel Gabriel and the Prophet ﷺ.
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Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha
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Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed
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Ma kathaba alfuadu ma raa
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The heart did not lie about what it saw
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Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara
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Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw
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Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra
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He saw him on another descent
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AAinda sidrati almuntaha
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At the Lotus Tree of the Extremity
Recalls the Prophet's ascension during the Miraj to 'Sidrat al-Muntaha' (The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary)—the ultimate metaphysical boundary in the seventh heaven beyond which no created being, not even Gabriel, is permitted to pass.
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AAindaha jannatu almawa
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Near which is the Garden of Repose
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Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
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As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it
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Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha
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The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed
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Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra
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He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord
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Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza
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Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza
Names the two primary stone and grove idols worshiped by the pagan tribes of Ta'if and Mecca.
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Wamanata alththalithata alokhra
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And Manat, the third one, the other
Names the third prominent pre-Islamic goddess sanctuary worshiped by the tribes of Yathrib (Medina) along the Red Sea coast.
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Alakumu alththakaru walahu alontha
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Are you to have the males, and He the females
Exposes the grotesque patriarchal contradiction of pagan theology: while Arab fathers considered the birth of human daughters a shameful disgrace, they audaciously attributed female daughters (the idols and angels) to the Almighty God, labeling this an absurdly unfair division.
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Tilka ithan qismatun deeza
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What a bizarre distribution
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In hiya illa asmaon sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wama tahwa alanfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda
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These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which God sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord
Exposes idolatry as an empty psychological fabrication: these so-called deities were merely hollow names invented by ancestors with zero historical, spiritual, or metaphysical reality.
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Am lilinsani ma tamanna
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Or is the human being to have whatever he desires
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Falillahi alakhiratu waaloola
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To God belong the Last and the First
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Wakam min malakin fee alssamawati la tughnee shafaAAatuhum shayan illa min baAAdi an yathana Allahu liman yashao wayarda
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How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves
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Inna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati layusammoona almalaikata tasmiyata alontha
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Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females
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Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wainna alththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqi shayan
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They have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, and assumptions are no substitute for the truth
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FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAan thikrina walam yurid illa alhayata alddunya
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So avoid him who has turned away from Our remembrance, and desires nothing but the present life
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Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmi inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada
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That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance
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Walillahi ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi liyajziya allatheena asaoo bima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoo bialhusna
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To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and recompense those who do good with the best
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Allatheena yajtaniboona kabaira alithmi waalfawahisha illa allamama inna rabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ith anshaakum mina alardi waith antum ajinnatun fee butooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakum huwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa
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Those who avoid gross sins and indecencies—except for minor lapses—your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well, ever since He created you from the earth, and ever since you were embryos in your mothers’ wombs. So do not acclaim your own virtue; He is fully aware of the righteous
Distinguishes between catastrophic major sins ('Kaba'ir') and unintentional minor slips ('Al-Lamam'), promising divine forgiveness while warning believers never to boast of their own moral purity or righteousness, as God alone knows the true sincerity of hearts.
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Afaraayta allathee tawalla
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Have you considered him who turned away
Revealed concerning the pagan aristocrat al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah. When he showed interest in Islam, a companion bribed him to remain in paganism, promising to bear his sins on Judgment Day for a sum of money. Al-Walid paid part of the bribe, then cut off payment out of stinginess.
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WaaAAta qaleelan waakda
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And gave a little, and held back
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aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara
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Does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and can therefore foresee
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Am lam yunabba bima fee suhufi moosa
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Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses
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Waibraheema allathee waffa
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And of Abraham, who fulfilled
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Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra
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That no soul bears the burdens of another soul
Affirms a core doctrine found in the ancient scrolls of Abraham and Moses: every human being bears their own personal moral responsibility; no soul can ever take on or atone for the spiritual sins of another.
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Waan laysa lilinsani illa ma saAAa
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And that the human being attains only what he strives for
A foundational principle of justice: every individual will ultimately be judged and compensated strictly in accordance with what their own hands strived and worked for ('Ma Sa'a').
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Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura
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And that his efforts will be witnessed
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Thumma yujzahu aljazaa alawfa
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Then he will be rewarded for it the fullest reward
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Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha
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And that to your Lord is the finality
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Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka
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And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping
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Waannahu huwa amata waahya
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And that it is He who gives death and life
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Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
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And that it is He who created the two kinds—the male and the female
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Min nutfatin itha tumna
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From a sperm drop, when emitted
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Waanna AAalayhi alnnashata alokhra
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And that upon Him is the next existence
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Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna
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And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes
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Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra
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And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius
Declares that God is the Creator and Lord of 'Sirius' ('Ash-Shi'ra'), the brightest star in the earthly night sky. This directly refuted the pagan Arabian tribe of Khuza'ah, who worshiped Sirius as an astral deity.
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Waannahu ahlaka AAadan aloola
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And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad
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Wathamooda fama abqa
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And Thamood, sparing no one
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Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha
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And the people of Noah before that; for they were most unjust and most oppressive
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Waalmutafikata ahwa
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And He toppled the ruined cities
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Faghashshaha ma ghashsha
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And covered them with whatever covered them
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Fabiayyi alai rabbika tatamara
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So which of your Lord's marvels can you deny
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Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri aloola
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This is a warning, just like the first warnings
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Azifati alazifatu
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The inevitable is imminent
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Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun
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None besides God can unveil it
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Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona
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Do you marvel at this discourse
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Watadhakoona wala tabkoona
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And laugh, and do not weep
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Waantum samidoona
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Lost in your frivolity
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Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo
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So bow down to God, and worship
The concluding prostration verse: when the Prophet ﷺ recited this final command ('So prostrate to Allah and worship Him!'), the profound literary majesty of the words was so overwhelming that every single person present in Mecca—both believers and stubborn pagan chieftains—fell simultaneously into prostration.