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Surah An-Najm

El Astro

Chapter 53 of 114

Hermosa recitación del Corán

Surah An-Najm

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

The Surah takes its name from the word wal-lail with which it opens.

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Surah 53 of 114

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Salaah Bukhaatir

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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>The Surah takes its name from the word <em>wal-lail</em> with which it opens.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Ash-Shams that each Surah seems to be an explanation of the other. It is one and the same thing which has been explained in Surah Ash-Shams in one way and in this Surah in another. This indicates that both these Surahs were sent down in about the same period.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>Its theme is to distinguish between the two different ways of life and to explain the contrast between their ultimate ends and results. In view of the subject matter this Surah consists of two parts, the first part consisting of <a href=/92/1-11>vv. 1-11</a> and the second of <a href=/92/12-21>vv. 12-21</a>.</p>
<p>In the first part, at the outset it has been pointed out that the strivings and doings that the individuals, nations and groups of mankind are engaged in in the world, are, in respect of their moral nature, as divergent as the day is from the night, and the male from the female. After this, according to the general style of the brief Surahs of the Quran, three moral characteristics of one kind and three moral characteristics of the other kind have been presented as an illustration from among a vast collection of the strivings and activities of man, from which every man can judge which style of life is represented by one kind of the characteristics and which style of life by the other kind. Both these styles have been described in such brief, elegant. and pithy sentences that they move the heart and go down into memory as soon as one hears them. Characteristics of the first kind are that one should spend one's wealth, adopt God-consciousness and piety, and acknowledge the good as
good. The second kind of the characteristics are that one should be miserly, should least care for God's pleasure and His displeasure, and should repudiate what is good and right. Then it has been stated that these two modes of action which are clearly divergent, cannot be equal and alike in respect of their results. But, just as they are divergent in their nature, so they are divergent in their results. The person (or group of persons) who adopts the first mode of action, Allah will make easy for him the correct way of life, so much so that doing good will become easy for him and doing evil difficult. On the contrary, he who adopts the second mode of life, Allah will make easy for him the difficult and hard way of life, so much so that doing evil will become easy for him and doing good difficult. This passage has been concluded with a most effective and touching sentence, saying: "This worldly wealth for the sake of which man is even prepared to risk his life will not go down with
him into the grave; therefore, what will it avail him after death?"</p>
<p>In the second part also three truths have been stated equally briefly. First, that Allah has not left man uninformed in the examination hall of the world, but He has taken on Himself the responsibility to tell him which one is the straight and right way out of the different ways of life. Here, there was no need to point out that by sending His Messenger and His Book He has fulfilled His this responsibility, for both the Messenger and the Book were present to afford the guidance. Second, that the Master of both the world and the Hereafter is Allah alone. If you seek the world, it is He Who will give it, and if you seek the Hereafter, again it is He Who will give it. Now, it is for you to decide what you should seek from Him. The third truth that has been stated is that the wretched one who rejects the good, which is being presented through the Messenger and the Book, and turns away from it, will have a blazing fire ready for him. As for the God fearing person who spends his
wealth in a good cause, without any selfish motive, only for the sake of winning his Lord's good pleasure, his Lord will be pleased with him and will bless him with so much that he will be well pleased with Him.</p>

Verse by verse

Surah An-Najm · El Astro

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

    [Juro] por la estrella cuando desaparece

  2. Ayah 2

    مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

    que su compañero no se ha extraviado ni está en un error,

  3. Ayah 3

    وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ

    ni habla de acuerdo a sus pasiones.

  4. Ayah 4

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ

    Él solo trasmite lo que le ha sido revelado.

  5. Ayah 5

    عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ

    Aquello que le enseñó el dotado de poder

  6. Ayah 6

    ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ

    y fortaleza, cuando se le presentó en su forma verdadera

  7. Ayah 7

    وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ

    en lo más elevado del horizonte,

  8. Ayah 8

    ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

    y luego descendió y se acercó a él,

  9. Ayah 9

    فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

    hasta una distancia de dos arcos o menos aún.

  10. Ayah 10

    فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ

    Entonces [Dios] le inspiró a Su siervo la revelación.

  11. Ayah 11

    مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ

    El corazón no desmintió lo que había visto.

  12. Ayah 12

    أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

    ¿Le van a discutir sobre lo que vio?

  13. Ayah 13

    وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

    Sepan que ya lo había visto en otro descenso,

  14. Ayah 14

    عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

    junto al azufaifo que demarca el límite,

  15. Ayah 15

    عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ

    donde se encuentra el jardín de la residencia eterna.

  16. Ayah 16

    إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

    Cuando al azufaifo lo cubrió lo que lo cubrió,

  17. Ayah 17

    مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

    y su mirada no se desvió ni se propasó.

  18. Ayah 18

    لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ

    Porque contempló algunos de los signos más sublimes de su Señor.

  19. Ayah 19

    أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ

    ¿Cómo es que adoran a [los ídolos] Lat, a ‘Uzza

  20. Ayah 20

    وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

    y a Manat, la tercera?

  21. Ayah 21

    أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ

    Para ustedes los hijos varones y para Dios las hijas mujeres.

  22. Ayah 22

    تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ

    Esa es una división injusta.

  23. Ayah 23

    إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ

    [Esos tres ídolos] son solo nombres que ustedes y sus padres han inventado, porque Dios no les dio autoridad alguna para ello. [Los idólatras] solo siguen suposiciones impulsados por sus propias pasiones, a pesar de haberles llegado la guía de su Señor.

  24. Ayah 24

    أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

    ¿Acaso cree el ser humano que obtendrá todo cuanto ambiciona?

  25. Ayah 25

    فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ

    A Dios le pertenecen esta vida y la otra.

  26. Ayah 26

    وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ

    ¿Cuántos ángeles hay en los cielos cuya intercesión no servirá de nada, salvo que Dios lo permita en favor de quien Él quiera y de quien esté complacido?

  27. Ayah 27

    إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ

    Quienes no creen en la otra vida, le dan a los ángeles nombres femeninos

  28. Ayah 28

    وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا

    sin tener ningún conocimiento sobre ello. Solo siguen conjeturas, pero las conjeturas carecen de valor frente a la Verdad.

  29. Ayah 29

    فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

    Apártate de quienes rechazan Mi Mensaje y no desean sino [el materialismo de] la vida mundanal.

  30. Ayah 30

    ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ

    Ese es el único conocimiento que les interesa alcanzar. Tu Señor bien sabe quién se extravía de Su camino y quién se encamina.

  31. Ayah 31

    وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى

    A Dios pertenece cuanto hay en los cielos y en la Tierra, y Él castigará a quienes obren el mal y retribuirá con una hermosa recompensa a los que hagan el bien,

  32. Ayah 32

    الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ

    aquellos que evitan los pecados graves y las obscenidades, y no cometen más que faltas leves. Tu Señor es inmensamente indulgente. Él los conoce bien, ya que los creó de la tierra y luego hizo que fueran embriones en el vientre de sus madres. No se elogien a sí mismos, Él bien sabe quién es realmente piadoso.

  33. Ayah 33

    أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ

    ¿Has visto que quien rechaza [el Islam],

  34. Ayah 34

    وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ

    da poco en caridad y es tacaño?

  35. Ayah 35

    أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ

    ¿Acaso tiene conocimiento de lo oculto y puede ver [lo que sucederá en el Más Allá]?

  36. Ayah 36

    أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ

    ¿No le han informado de lo que contienen las páginas reveladas a Moisés

  37. Ayah 37

    وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ

    y a Abraham, el fiel cumplidor?

  38. Ayah 38

    أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

    Que nadie cargará con pecados ajenos,

  39. Ayah 39

    وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

    que el ser humano no obtendrá sino el fruto de sus esfuerzos,

  40. Ayah 40

    وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ

    que sus esfuerzos se verán,

  41. Ayah 41

    ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ

    que será retribuido con una recompensa total,

  42. Ayah 42

    وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَىٰ

    y que ante tu Señor se ha de comparecer finalmente.

  43. Ayah 43

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ

    Él es Quien hace reír y hace llorar,

  44. Ayah 44

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

    Él es Quien causa la muerte y la vida,

  45. Ayah 45

    وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ

    Él ha creado la pareja: el macho y la hembra,

  46. Ayah 46

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

    de una gota de esperma eyaculada.

  47. Ayah 47

    وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ

    Él es Quien los creará por segunda vez.

  48. Ayah 48

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ

    Él es Quien concede la riqueza y la pobreza,

  49. Ayah 49

    وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ

    Él es el Señor de Sirio,

  50. Ayah 50

    وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ

    Él destruyó al antiguo pueblo de ‘Ad

  51. Ayah 51

    وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ

    y al pueblo de Zamud, de los que no quedó nadie.

  52. Ayah 52

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

    También lo hizo antes con el pueblo de Noé, pues ellos eran más injustos y transgresores.

  53. Ayah 53

    وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ

    Y a la ciudad que cayó al revés,

  54. Ayah 54

    فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ

    y la cubrió lo que la cubrió.

  55. Ayah 55

    فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ

    ¿Cuál de las bendiciones de tu Señor pondrás en duda [oh, ser humano]?

  56. Ayah 56

    هَـٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ

    Él es un Profeta como los que lo precedieron.

  57. Ayah 57

    أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ

    La llegada es inminente,

  58. Ayah 58

    لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

    pero nadie, salvo Dios, tiene conocimiento de cuándo ocurrirá.

  59. Ayah 59

    أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

    ¿De este mensaje se sorprenden?

  60. Ayah 60

    وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ

    ¿Ríen en vez de llorar?

  61. Ayah 61

    وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ

    ¿Permanecen distraídos?

  62. Ayah 62

    فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩

    ¡Prostérnense ante Dios y adórenlo solo a Él!

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