النجم

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

Wal-najmi idhā hawā

By the star when it sets!

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

Mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ghawā

Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded;

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ٣

Wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

He does not speak from his own desire.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ ٤

In huwa illā waḥyun yūḥā

The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him.

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ ٥

ʿallamahu shadīdu l-quwā

It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty powers

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ ٦

Dhū mirratin fa-is'tawā

And great strength, who stood

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ٧

Wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿlā

On the highest horizon

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Thumma danā fatadallā

And then approached––coming down

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩

Fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā

Until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ ١٠

Fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥā

And revealed to God’s servant what He revealed.