Surah An-Najm (The Star) in English

1. إن الذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة ليسمون الملائكة تسمية الأنثى

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

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

2. وما لهم به من علم إن يتبعون إلا الظن وإن الظن لا يغني من الحق شيئا

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

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

3. فأعرض عن من تولى عن ذكرنا ولم يرد إلا الحياة الدنيا

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

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

4. ذلك مبلغهم من العلم إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بمن اهتدى

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   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.

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

5. ولله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض ليجزي الذين أساءوا بما عملوا ويجزي الذين أحسنوا بالحسنى

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   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].

   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

6. الذين يجتنبون كبائر الإثم والفواحش إلا اللمم إن ربك واسع المغفرة هو أعلم بكم إذ أنشأكم من الأرض وإذ أنتم أجنة في بطون أمهاتكم فلا تزكوا أنفسكم هو أعلم بمن اتقى

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   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.

   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

7. أفرأيت الذي تولى

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   Did you see him who turned away,

   ʾa-fa-raʾayta lladhī tawallā

8. وأعطى قليلا وأكدى

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   gave a little and held off?

   wa-ʾaʿṭā qalīlan wa-ʾakdā

9. أعنده علم الغيب فهو يرى

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

   ʾa-ʿindahū ʿilmu l-ghaybi fa-huwa yarā

10. أم لم ينبأ بما في صحف موسى

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

    ʾam lam yunabbaʾ bi-mā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā

11. وإبراهيم الذي وفى

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    and of Abraham, who fulfilled [his summons]:

    wa-ʾibrāhīma lladhī waffā

12. ألا تزر وازرة وزر أخرى

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    that no bearer shall bear another’s burden,

    ʾallā taziru wāziratun wizra ʾukhrā

13. وأن ليس للإنسان إلا ما سعى

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    that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for,

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

14. وأن سعيه سوف يرى

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    and that he will soon be shown his endeavour,

    wa-ʾanna saʿyahū sawfa yurā

15. ثم يجزاه الجزاء الأوفى

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

    thumma yujzāhu l-jazāʾa l-ʾawfā

16. وأن إلى ربك المنتهى

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    that the terminus is toward your Lord,

    wa-ʾanna ʾilā rabbika l-muntahā

17. وأنه هو أضحك وأبكى

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

    wa-ʾannahū huwa ʾaḍḥaka wa-ʾabkā

18. وأنه هو أمات وأحيا

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    that it is He who brings death and gives life,

    wa-ʾannahū huwa ʾamāta wa-ʾaḥyā