English - Chapter 53 - An-Najm

By the star when it sets

your companion has neither strayed nor erred

nor does he speak out of caprice

It is naught but a revelation revealed

taught him by one of awesome power

Possessed of vigor, he stood upright

when he was upon the highest horizon

Then he drew nigh and came close

till he was within two bows’ length or nearer

Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed

The heart lied not in what it saw

Do you then dispute with him as to what he saw

And indeed he saw him another time

at the lote tree of the boundary

by which lies the Garden of the refuge

when there covered the lote tree that which covered

The gaze swerved not; nor did it transgress

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

Have you considered al-Lat and al-?Uzza

and Manat, the third, the other

Unto you males and unto Him females

This, then, is an unfair division

They are naught but names that you have named—you and your fathers—for which God has sent down no authority. They follow naught but conjecture and that which their souls desire, though guidance has surely come to them from their Lord

Or shall man have whatsoever he longs for

Yet unto God belong the Hereafter and this world

And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails naught, save after God grants leave unto whomsoever He will and unto the one with whom He is content

Truly those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names

Yet they have no knowledge thereof. They follow naught but conjecture; and surely conjecture avails naught against the Truth

So shun whosoever turns away from Our Reminder and desires naught but the life of the world

That is the extent of their knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided

Unto God belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth, that He may requite those who commit evil for that which they have done, and that He may requite those who are virtuous with that which is most beautiful

those who shun grave sins and indecencies, save what is slight; truly your Lord is of vast forgiveness. He knows you best, from when He brought you forth from the earth and when you were hidden in your mothers’ bellies. So deem not yourselves purified. He knows best the reverent

Have you seen the one who turned away

gave little, and then withheld

Does he have knowledge of the Unseen, such that he sees

Or has he not been informed of that which is in the scriptures of Moses

and Abraham, who fulfilled

that none shall bear the burden of another

that man shall have naught but that for which he endeavored

and that his endeavoring shall be seen

whereupon he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward

that the ultimate end is unto thy Lord

that it is He Who causes laughter and weeping

that it is He Who causes death and gives life

and that He creates the two—male and female—

from a drop when emitted

and that with Him lies the second genesis

that it is He Who enriches and grants possessions

that it is He Who is the Lord of Sirius

and that He destroyed ?Ad the Former

and Thamud, sparing none

and the people of Noah aforetime—truly they were most wrongdoing and most rebellious

and He razed the subverted cities

such that there covered them that which covered

So which of thy Lord’s boons do you dispute

This is a warning from the warners of old

The imminent is nigh

Do you then marvel at this discourse

And do you laugh and not weep

a while you stand with head held high

So prostrate unto God and worship