Surah An-Najm

ثُمَّيُجْزَىٰهُٱلْجَزَآءَٱلْأَوْفَىٰ

where­upon he shall be requited for it with the fullest requital;

وَأَنَّإِلَىٰرَبِّكَٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

and that with thy Sustainer is the beginning and the end [of all that exists];

وَأَنَّهُۥهُوَأَضْحَكَوَأَبْكَىٰ

and that it is He alone who causes [you] to laugh and to weep;

وَأَنَّهُۥهُوَأَمَاتَوَأَحْيَا

and that it is He alone who deals death and grants life;

وَأَنَّهُۥخَلَقَٱلزَّوْجَيْنِٱلذَّكَرَوَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

and that it is He who creates the two kinds - the male and the female –

مِننُّطْفَةٍإِذَاتُمْنَىٰ

out of a [mere] drop of sperm as it is poured forth,

وَأَنَّعَلَيْهِٱلنَّشْأَةَٱلْأُخْرَىٰ

and that [therefore] it is within His power to bring about a second life;

وَأَنَّهُۥهُوَأَغْنَىٰوَأَقْنَىٰ

and that it is He alone who frees from want and causes to possess;

وَأَنَّهُۥهُوَرَبُّٱلشِّعْرَىٰ

and that it is He alone who sustains the bright­est star;

وَأَنَّهُۥٓأَهْلَكَعَادًاٱلْأُولَىٰ

and that it is He who destroyed the ancient [tribes of] Ad

وَثَمُودَا۟فَمَآأَبْقَىٰ

and Thamud, leaving no trace [of them],

وَقَوْمَنُوحٍۢمِّنقَبْلُإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟هُمْأَظْلَمَوَأَطْغَىٰ

as well as the people of Noah before them - [since,] verily, they all had been most willful in their evildoing and most overweening –

وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَأَهْوَىٰ

just as He thrust into perdition those cities that were overthrown

فَغَشَّىٰهَامَاغَشَّىٰ

and then covered them from sight forever.

فَبِأَىِّءَالَآءِرَبِّكَتَتَمَارَىٰ

About which, then, of thy Sustainer’s powers canst thou [still] remain in doubt?

هَٰذَانَذِيرٌۭمِّنَٱلنُّذُرِٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

THIS IS a warning like those warnings of old:

أَزِفَتِٱلْءَازِفَةُ

that [Last Hour] which is so near draws ever nearer,

لَيْسَلَهَامِندُونِٱللَّهِكَاشِفَةٌ

[although] none but God can unveil it....

أَفَمِنْهَٰذَاٱلْحَدِيثِتَعْجَبُونَ

Do you, perchance, find this tiding strange?

وَتَضْحَكُونَوَلَاتَبْكُونَ

And do you laugh instead of weeping,