An-Najm

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Ayah53:1#Copy

   وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

   (1) By the star when it descends,

2. Ayah53:2#Copy

   مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

   (2) Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

3. Ayah53:3#Copy

   وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

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

4. Ayah53:4#Copy

   إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

   (4) It is not but a revelation revealed,

5. Ayah53:5#Copy

   عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

   (5) Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

6. Ayah53:6#Copy

   ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ

   (6) One of soundness.[1562] And he rose to [his] true form[1563]

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   [1562]- i.e., strength of body and of mind. [1563]- Gabriel appeared to Muḥammad (ﷺ) at the outset of his prophethood in the angelic form in which Allāh originally created him.
7. Ayah53:7#Copy

   وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

   (7) While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.[1564]

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   [1564]- i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.
8. Ayah53:8#Copy

   ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

   (8) Then he approached and descended

9. Ayah53:9#Copy

   فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

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

10. Ayah53:10#Copy

    فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ

    (10) And he revealed to His Servant[1565] what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

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    [1565]- i.e., to the Servant of Allāh, Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).