وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

By the star when it goes down, (or vanishes).

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

By the star when it goes down (or vanishes)

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

Your companion (Muhammad SAW) has neither gone astray nor has erred.

مَا ضَلَّ

has neither gone astray

صَاحِبُكُمْ

Your companion (Muhammad SAW)

وَمَا غَوَىٰ

nor has erred

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ ٣

Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.

وَمَا يَنطِقُ

Nor does he speak

عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

of (his own) desire

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ ٤

It is only an Inspiration that is inspired.

إِنْ هُوَ

It is only

إِلَّا

an Inspiration

وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ

that is inspired

عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ ٥

He has been taught (this Quran) by one mighty in power [Jibrael (Gabriel)].

عَلَّمَهُ

He has been taught

شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ

by one mighty in power

He has been taught (this Quran) by one mighty in power [Jibrael (Gabriel)]

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ ٦

Dhu Mirrah (free from any defect in body and mind), Fastawa [then he (Jibrael - Gabriel) rose and became stable]. [Tafsir At-Tabari].

ذُو مِرَّةٍ

Dhu Mirrah (free from any defect in body and mind)

فَاسْتَوَىٰ

Fastawa [then he (Jibrael - Gabriel) rose and became stable]

وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ ٧

While he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon,

وَهُوَ

While he

بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ

was in the highest part of the horizon

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

Then he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,

ثُمَّ دَنَا

Then he approached

فَتَدَلَّىٰ

and came closer

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ ٩

And was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer,

فَكَانَ

And was

قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ

at a distance of two bows' length

أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

or (even) nearer

فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ ١٠

So did (Allah) convey the Inspiration to His slave [Muhammad SAW through Jibrael (Gabriel)].

فَأَوْحَىٰ

So did (Allah) convey

إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ

the Inspiration to His slave

مَا أَوْحَىٰ

what He inspired

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ ١١

The (Prophet's) heart lied not (in seeing) what he (Muhammad SAW) saw.

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ

The (Prophet's) heart lied not

مَا رَأَىٰ

(in seeing) what he (Muhammad SAW) saw

أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

Will you then dispute with him (Muhammad SAW) about what he saw [during the Mi'raj: (Ascent of the Prophet SAW over the seven heavens)].

أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ

Will you then dispute with him

عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

about what he saw [during the Mi'raj: (Ascent of the Prophet SAW over the seven heavens)]

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ ١٣

And indeed he (Muhammad SAW) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] at a second descent (i.e. another time).

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ

And indeed he (Muhammad SAW) saw him

نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

at a second descent (i.e. another time)

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha [lote-tree of the utmost boundary (beyond which none can pass)],

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha

the lote-tree of the utmost boundary

beyond which none can pass

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ ١٥

Near it is the Paradise of Abode.

عِندَهَا

Near it

جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ

the Paradise of Abode

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ ١٦

When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it!

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ

When that covered the lote-tree

مَا يَغْشَىٰ

which did cover it!

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

The sight (of Prophet Muhammad SAW) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed beyond (the) limit (ordained for it).

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ

The sight (of Prophet Muhammad SAW) turned not aside

وَمَا طَغَىٰ

nor it transgressed beyond (the) limit (ordained for it)

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ ١٨

Indeed he (Muhammad SAW) did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah).

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ

Indeed he did see

مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ

of the Signs of his Lord

الْكُبْرَىٰ

the Greatest