1
وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ ١
- wal-najmi
- وَٱلنَّجْمِ
- By the star
- idhā
- إِذَا
- when
- hawā
- هَوَىٰ
- it goes down
By the star when it descends, (QS. [53] An-Najm: 1)Tafsir
2
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰىۚ ٢
- mā
- مَا
- Not
- ḍalla
- ضَلَّ
- has strayed
- ṣāḥibukum
- صَاحِبُكُمْ
- your companion
- wamā
- وَمَا
- and not
- ghawā
- غَوَىٰ
- has he erred
Your companion [i.e., Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred, (QS. [53] An-Najm: 2)Tafsir
3
وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰى ٣
- wamā
- وَمَا
- And not
- yanṭiqu
- يَنطِقُ
- he speaks
- ʿani
- عَنِ
- from
- l-hawā
- ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
- the desire
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (QS. [53] An-Najm: 3)Tafsir
4
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُّوْحٰىۙ ٤
- in
- إِنْ
- Not
- huwa
- هُوَ
- it
- illā
- إِلَّا
- (is) except
- waḥyun
- وَحْىٌ
- a revelation
- yūḥā
- يُوحَىٰ
- revealed
It is not but a revelation revealed, (QS. [53] An-Najm: 4)Tafsir
5
عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰىۙ ٥
- ʿallamahu
- عَلَّمَهُۥ
- Has taught him
- shadīdu
- شَدِيدُ
- the (one) mighty
- l-quwā
- ٱلْقُوَىٰ
- (in) power
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] – (QS. [53] An-Najm: 5)Tafsir
6
ذُوْ مِرَّةٍۗ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ ٦
- dhū
- ذُو
- Possessor of soundness
- mirratin
- مِرَّةٍ
- Possessor of soundness
- fa-is'tawā
- فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
- And he rose
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form (QS. [53] An-Najm: 6)Tafsir
7
وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰىۗ ٧
- wahuwa
- وَهُوَ
- While he
- bil-ufuqi
- بِٱلْأُفُقِ
- (was) in the horizon -
- l-aʿlā
- ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
- the highest
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon. (QS. [53] An-Najm: 7)Tafsir
8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ ٨
- thumma
- ثُمَّ
- Then
- danā
- دَنَا
- he approached
- fatadallā
- فَتَدَلَّىٰ
- and came down
Then he approached and descended (QS. [53] An-Najm: 8)Tafsir
9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰىۚ ٩
- fakāna
- فَكَانَ
- And was
- qāba
- قَابَ
- (at) a distance
- qawsayni
- قَوْسَيْنِ
- (of) two bow-(lengths)
- aw
- أَوْ
- or
- adnā
- أَدْنَىٰ
- nearer
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer. (QS. [53] An-Najm: 9)Tafsir
10
فَاَوْحٰىٓ اِلٰى عَبْدِهٖ مَآ اَوْحٰىۗ ١٠
- fa-awḥā
- فَأَوْحَىٰٓ
- So he revealed
- ilā
- إِلَىٰ
- to
- ʿabdihi
- عَبْدِهِۦ
- His slave
- mā
- مَآ
- what
- awḥā
- أَوْحَىٰ
- he revealed
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed]. (QS. [53] An-Najm: 10)Tafsir