Surah An-Najm

أَلَكُمُٱلذَّكَرُوَلَهُٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Why - for yourselves [you would choose only] male offspring, whereas to Him [you assign] female:

تِلْكَإِذًۭاقِسْمَةٌۭضِيزَىٰٓ

that, lo and behold, is an unfair division!

إِنْهِىَإِلَّآأَسْمَآءٌۭسَمَّيْتُمُوهَآأَنتُمْوَءَابَآؤُكُممَّآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُبِهَامِنسُلْطَٰنٍإِنيَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّاٱلظَّنَّوَمَاتَهْوَىٱلْأَنفُسُوَلَقَدْجَآءَهُممِّنرَّبِّهِمُٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

These [allegedly divine beings] are nothing but empty names which you have invented - you and your forefathers - [and] for which God has bestowed no warrant from on high. They [who worship them] follow nothing but surmise and their own wishful thinking - although right guidance has now indeed come unto them from their Sustainer.

أَمْلِلْإِنسَٰنِمَاتَمَنَّىٰ

Does man imagine that it is his due to have all that he might wish for,

فَلِلَّهِٱلْءَاخِرَةُوَٱلْأُولَىٰ

despite the fact that [both] the life to come and this present [one] belong to God [alone]?

وَكَممِّنمَّلَكٍۢفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِلَاتُغْنِىشَفَٰعَتُهُمْشَيْـًٔاإِلَّامِنۢبَعْدِأَنيَأْذَنَٱللَّهُلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيَرْضَىٰٓ

For, however many angels there be in the heavens, their intercession can be of no least avail [to anyone] - except after God has given leave [to inter­cede] for whomever He wills and with whom He is well-pleased.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِلَيُسَمُّونَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَتَسْمِيَةَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Behold, it is [only] such as do not [really] believe in the life to come that regard the angels as female beings;

وَمَالَهُمبِهِۦمِنْعِلْمٍإِنيَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّاٱلظَّنَّوَإِنَّٱلظَّنَّلَايُغْنِىمِنَٱلْحَقِّشَيْـًۭٔا

and [since] they have no knowledge whatever thereof, they follow nothing but surmise: yet, behold, never can surmise take the place of truth.

فَأَعْرِضْعَنمَّنتَوَلَّىٰعَنذِكْرِنَاوَلَمْيُرِدْإِلَّاٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَا

Avoid thou, therefore, those who turn away from all remembrance of Us and care for no more than the life of this world,

ذَٰلِكَمَبْلَغُهُممِّنَٱلْعِلْمِإِنَّرَبَّكَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِمَنضَلَّعَنسَبِيلِهِۦوَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِمَنِٱهْتَدَىٰ

which, to them, is the only thing worth knowing. Behold, thy Sustainer is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, and fully aware is He as to who follows His guidance.

وَلِلَّهِمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِلِيَجْزِىَٱلَّذِينَأَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟بِمَاعَمِلُوا۟وَيَجْزِىَٱلَّذِينَأَحْسَنُوا۟بِٱلْحُسْنَى

Indeed, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth: and so He will reward those who do evil in accordance with what they did, and will reward those who do good with ultimate good.

ٱلَّذِينَيَجْتَنِبُونَكَبَٰٓئِرَٱلْإِثْمِوَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَإِلَّاٱللَّمَمَإِنَّرَبَّكَوَٰسِعُٱلْمَغْفِرَةِهُوَأَعْلَمُبِكُمْإِذْأَنشَأَكُممِّنَٱلْأَرْضِوَإِذْأَنتُمْأَجِنَّةٌۭفِىبُطُونِأُمَّهَٰتِكُمْفَلَاتُزَكُّوٓا۟أَنفُسَكُمْهُوَأَعْلَمُبِمَنِٱتَّقَىٰٓ

As for those who avoid the [truly] grave sins and shameful deeds - even though they may some­times stumble behold, thy Sustainer is abounding in forgiveness. He is fully aware of you when He brings you into being out of dust, and when you are still hidden in your mothers’ wombs: do not, then, consider your­selves pure - [for] He knows best as to who is conscious of Him.

أَفَرَءَيْتَٱلَّذِىتَوَلَّىٰ

HAST THOU, then, ever considered him who turns away [from remembering Us, and cares for no more than the life of this world],

وَأَعْطَىٰقَلِيلًۭاوَأَكْدَىٰٓ

and gives so little [of himself for the good of his soul], and so grudgingly?

أَعِندَهُۥعِلْمُٱلْغَيْبِفَهُوَيَرَىٰٓ

Does he [claim to] have knowledge of some­thing that is beyond the reach of human perception, so that he can see [it clearly]?

أَمْلَمْيُنَبَّأْبِمَافِىصُحُفِمُوسَىٰ

Or has he never yet been told of what was [said] in the revelations of Moses,

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَٱلَّذِىوَفَّىٰٓ

and of Abra­ham, who to his trust was true:

أَلَّاتَزِرُوَازِرَةٌۭوِزْرَأُخْرَىٰ

that no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden;

وَأَنلَّيْسَلِلْإِنسَٰنِإِلَّامَاسَعَىٰ

and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for;

وَأَنَّسَعْيَهُۥسَوْفَيُرَىٰ

and that in time [the nature of] all his striving will be shown [to him in its true light],