English - Chapter 53 - An-Najm

(I swear) By the star when it sets

Your companion (Muhammad) does not err, nor is he deceived (or astray or is misled)

Nor does he speak out of (his own) desire

It (the Quran) is naught but revelation that is inspired (sent down to him)

Taught by one of mighty power, (The Archangel Gabriel)

Endowed with wisdom; for he appeared in clear vision

While he was in the highest part of the horizon

Then he drew near, and descended

Until he was two bows distant or closer still

And He revealed to His servant what He revealed

The heart (of the Prophet) lied not in (making him see) what he saw

What! Do you then dispute with him as to what he saw

And certainly he saw him in another descent

At the Lote-tree of the furthest boundary

Near which is the Garden of Abode (or Presence)

When that which shrouds (in mystery) covered the Lote-tree

The eye did not swerve, nor did it exceed the limit (or was over bold or went wrong)

Certainly he saw of the Greatest Signs of his Lord

Have you seen Lat and Uzza

And Manat, the third, the last

What! For you the males and for Him the females

This indeed is an unjust division

They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which their souls incline to, even though true guidance has come to them from their Lord

Or shall man have whatever whims he wishes

Nay! To Allah belongs the after and the former life (or the End and the Beginning)

And how many so ever angels are in the heavens, their intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He wills and chooses to accept

Most surely they who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels with female names

And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all

Therefore, turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder (or remembrance) and does not desire anything but the life of this world

That is their sum of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction

And to Allah belongs that which is in the heavens and that which is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and that He may reward those who do good with goodness

Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies, except the passing idea (or the unwilling or small offence); surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the

Have you then seen him who turns his back

And gives a little and then withholds

Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see (the future or the hidden)

Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses

And of Abraham who fulfilled (the commandments or duties)

That no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another

And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for

And that his striving shall be seen

Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward

And that your Lord is the final goal

And that He it is Who makes men laugh and makes them weep

And that He it is Who causes death and gives life

And that He created pairs, the male and the female

From the small seed when it is placed (or lodged)

And that on Him depends (or He has ordained) the bringing forth a second time

And that He it is Who enriches and gives satisfaction (or fulfilment)

And that He is the Lord of Sirius

And that He did destroy the A´ad of old

And Thamud He spared not

And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)

So that they were covered with that which covers

Then about which of your Lord´s gifts will you dispute

This is a Warner of (the series or like) the Warners of old

The threatened event (or Hour) draws nigh

There is none besides Allah to disclose (or actualise) it

Marvel you then at this announcement

And will you laugh and not weep

While you are indulging in vanities

So make obeisance (or prostrations) to Allah and serve Him