English - Chapter 53 - An-Najm

By the star as it goes down

Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred

Nor does he speak out of desire

Taught to him by the Extremely Powerful

The one of vigor. He settled

While he was at the highest horizon

Then he came near, and hovered around

He was within two bows’ length, or closer

Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed

The heart did not lie about what it saw

Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw

He saw him on another descent

At the Lotus Tree of the Extremity

Near which is the Garden of Repose

As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it

The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed

He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord

Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza

And Manat, the third one, the other

Are you to have the males, and He the females

What a bizarre distribution

These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which God sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord

Or is the human being to have whatever he desires

To God belong the Last and the First

How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females

They have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, and assumptions are no substitute for the truth

So avoid him who has turned away from Our remembrance, and desires nothing but the present life

That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance

To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and recompense those who do good with the best

Those who avoid gross sins and indecencies—except for minor lapses—your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well, ever since He created you from the earth, and ever since you were embryos in your mothers’ wombs. So do not acclaim your own virtue; He is fully aware of the righteous

Have you considered him who turned away

And gave a little, and held back

Does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and can therefore foresee

Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses

And of Abraham, who fulfilled

That no soul bears the burdens of another soul

And that the human being attains only what he strives for

And that his efforts will be witnessed

Then he will be rewarded for it the fullest reward

And that to your Lord is the finality

And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping

And that it is He who gives death and life

And that it is He who created the two kinds—the male and the female

From a sperm drop, when emitted

And that upon Him is the next existence

And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad

And Thamood, sparing no one

And the people of Noah before that; for they were most unjust and most oppressive

And He toppled the ruined cities

And covered them with whatever covered them

So which of your Lord's marvels can you deny

This is a warning, just like the first warnings

The inevitable is imminent

None besides God can unveil it

Do you marvel at this discourse

And laugh, and do not weep

Lost in your frivolity

So bow down to God, and worship