English - Chapter 53

By the Star when it plunges

your comrade is not astray, neither errs

nor speaks he out of caprice

This is naught but a revelation revealed

taught him by one terrible in power

very strong; he stood poised

being on the higher horizon

then drew near and suspended hung

two bows' length away, or nearer

then revealed to his servant that he revealed

His heart lies not of what he saw

what, will you dispute with him what he sees

Indeed, he saw him another time

by the Lote-Tree of the Boundary

nigh which is the Garden of the Refuge

when there covered the Lote-Tree that which covered

his eye swerved not; nor swept astray

Indeed, he saw one of the greatest signs of his Lord

Have you considered El-Lat and El-'Uzza

and Manat the third, the other

What, have you males, and He females

That were indeed an unjust division

They are naught but names yourselves have named, and your fathers; God has sent down no authority touching them. They follow only surmise, and what the souls desire; and yet guidance has come to them from their Lord

Or shall man have whatever he fancies

And to God belongs the First and the Last

How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession avails not anything, save after that God gives leave to whomsoever He wills and is well-pleased

Those who do not believe in the world to come name the angels with the names of females

They have not any knowledge thereof; they follow only surmise, and surmise avails naught against truth

So turn thou from him who turns away from Our Remembrance, and desires only the present life

That is their attainment of knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided

To God belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, that He may recompense those who do evil for what they have done, and recompense those who have done good with the reward most fair

Those who avoid the heinous sins and indecencies, save lesser offences surely thy Lord is wide in His forgiveness. Very well He knows you, when He produced you from the earth, and when you were yet unborn in your mothers' wombs; therefore hold not yourselves purified; God knows very well him who is godfearing

Hast thou considered him who turns his back

and gives a little, and then grudgingly

Does he possess the knowledge of the Unseen, and therefore he sees

Or has he not been told of what is in the scrolls of Moses

and Abraham, he who paid his debt in full

That no soul laden bears the load of another

and that a man shall have to his account only as he has laboured

and that his labouring shall surely be seen

then he shall be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense

and that the final end is unto thy Lord

and that it is He who makes to laugh, and that makes to weep

and that it is He who makes to die, and that makes to live

and that He Himself created the two kinds, male and female

of a sperm-drop, when it was cast forth

and that upon Him rests the second growth

and that it is He who gives wealth and riches

and that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

and that He destroyed Ad, the ancient

and Thamood, and He did not spare them

and the people of Noah before -- certainly they did exceeding evil, and were insolent

and the Subverted City He also overthrew

so that there covered it that which covered

Then which of thy Lord's bounties disputest thou

This is a warner, of the warners of old

The Imminent is imminent

apart from God none can disclose it

Do you then marvel at this discourse

and do you laugh, and do you not weep

while you make merry

So bow yourselves before God, and serve Him