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وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ

Wannajmi itha hawa

By the star when it descends,

  • Progressive Muslims

    As the star collapsed.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Witness are the Stars that set along a course appointed. (They never misguide you. He Who commands them, commands the Messenger (6:98), (56:75). 'Wa' = And = Consider = Witness = For = By. 'Najm' is singular as well as plural in the form of a galaxy).

  • Sam Gerrans

    By the star when it descends!

  • The Monotheist Group

    And as the star fell away.

  • Edip-Layth

    As the star collapsed.

  • Aisha Bewley

    By the star when it descends,

  • Rashad Khalifa

    As the stars fell away.,

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped

  • Sahih International

    By the star when it descends,

  • Muhammad Asad

    CONSIDER this unfolding [of God’s message], as it comes down from on high!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    By the Star when it setteth,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    I swear by the celestial body when it goes down to make an apparent descent toward and below the horizon,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    I (God) swear by the star when it goes down (explode and throw its energy back to the universe creating a nova: The most awesome happening in the universe. )

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

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

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    By the Star when it goes down,-

  • Mustafa Khattab

    By the stars when they fade away!

  • Taqi Usmani

    By the star when it goes down to set,

  • Abdul Haleem

    By the star when it sets!

  • Arthur John Arberry

    By the Star when it plunges,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    By the star when it falls,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    (I swear) By the star when it sets.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the Star when it tumbles down.

  • George Sale

    By the star, when it setteth;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    By the Star when it goes down (and sets)—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    I call to witness every part of the Qur'ân when it is revealed,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    By the star when it sets: