53:1  By the STAR when it setteth

53:2  Your compatriot erreth not, nor is he led astray

53:3  Neither speaketh he from mere impulse

53:4  The Koran is no other than a revelation revealed to him

53:5  One terrible in power taught it him

53:6  Endued with wisdom. With even balance stood he

53:7  In the highest part of the horizon

53:8  Then came he nearer and approached

53:9  And was at the distance of two bows, or even closer,

53:10  And he revealed to his servant what he revealed

53:11  His heart falsified not what he saw

53:12  What! will ye then dispute with him as to what he saw

53:13  He had seen him also another time

53:14  Near the Sidrah-tree, which marks the boundary

53:15  Near which is the garden of repose

53:16  When the Sidrah-tree was covered with what covered it

53:17  His eye turned not aside, nor did it wander

53:18  For he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord

53:19  Do you see Al-Lat and Al-Ozza

53:20  And Manat the third idol besides

53:21  What? shall ye have male progeny and God female

53:22  This were indeed an unfair partition

53:23  These are mere names: ye and your fathers named them thus: God hath not sent down any warranty in their regard. A mere conceit and their own impulses do they follow. Yet hath "the guidance" from their Lord come to them

53:24  Shall man have whatever he wisheth

53:25  The future and the present are in the hand of God

53:26  And many as are the Angels in the Heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail Until God hath permitted it to whom he shall please and will accept

53:27  Verily, it is they who believe not in the life to come, who name the angels with names of females

53:28  But herein they have no knowledge: they follow a mere conceit; and mere conceit can never take the place of truth

53:29  Withdraw then from him who turneth his back on our warning and desireth only this present life

53:30  This is the sum of their knowledge. Truly thy Lord best knoweth him who erreth from his way, and He best knoweth him who hath received guidance

53:31  And whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth is God's that he may reward those who do evil according to their deeds: and those who do good will He reward with good things

53:32  To those who avoid great crimes and scandals but commit only lighter faults, verily, thy Lord will be diffuse of mercy. He well knew you when he produced you out of the earth, and when ye were embryos in your mother's womb. Assert not then your own purity. He best knoweth who feareth him

53:33  Hast thou considered him who turned his back

53:34  Who giveth little and is covetous

53:35  Is it that he hath the knowledge and vision of the secret things

53:36  Hath he not been told of what is in the pages of Moses

53:37  And of Abraham faithful to his pledge

53:38  That no burdened soul shall bear the burdens of another

53:39  And that nothing shall be reckoned to a man but that for which he hath made efforts

53:40  And that his efforts shall at last be seen in their true light

53:41  That then he shall be recompensed with a most exact recompense

53:42  And that unto thy Lord is the term of all things

53:43  And that it is He who causeth to laugh and to weep

53:44  And that He causeth to die and maketh alive

53:45  And that He hath created the sexes, male and female

53:46  From the diffused germs of life

53:47  And that with Him is the second creation

53:48  And that He enricheth and causeth to possess

53:49  And that He is the Lord of Sirius

53:50  And that it was He who destroyed the ancient Adites

53:51  And the people of Themoud and left not one survivor

53:52  And before them the people of Noah who were most wicked and most perverse

53:53  And it was He who destroyed the cities that were overthrown

53:54  So that that which covered them covered them

53:55  Which then of thy Lord's benefits wilt thou make a matter of doubt

53:56  He who warneth you is one of the warners of old

53:57  The day that must draw nigh, draweth nigh already

53:58  and yet none but God can reveal its time

53:59  Is it at these sayings that ye marvel

53:60  And that ye laugh and weep not

53:61  And that ye are triflers

53:62  Prostrate yourselves then to God and worship