53:1  By the star, when it setteth

53:2  your companion Mohammed erreth not, nor is he led astray

53:3  Neither doth he speak of his own will

53:4  It is no other than a revelation, which hath been revealed unto him

53:5  One mighty in power, indued with understanding, taught it him

53:6  And He appeare

53:7  in the highest part of the horizon

53:8  Afterwards He approached the prophet, and drew near unto him

53:9  until He was at the distance of two bows length from him, or yet nearer

53:10  And He revealed unto his servant that which He revealed

53:11  The heart of Mohammed did not falsely represent that which he saw

53:12  Will ye therefore dispute with him concerning that which he saw

53:13  He also saw him another time

53:14  by the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing

53:15  Near it is the garden of eternal abode

53:16  When the lote-tree covered that which it covered

53:17  his eye-sight turned not aside, neither did it wander

53:18  And he really beheld some of the greatest signs of his Lord

53:19  What think ye of Allat, and Al Uzza

53:20  and Manah, that other third goddess

53:21  Have ye male children, and God female

53:22  This, therefore, is an unjust partition

53:23  They are no other than empty names, which ye and your fathers have named goddesses. God hath not revealed concerning them any thing to authorize their worship. They follow no other than a vain opinion, and what their souls desire: Yet hath the true direction come unto them from their Lord

53:24  Shall man have whatever he wisheth for

53:25  The life to come, and the present life are God's

53:26  And how many angels soever there be in the heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail, until after God shall have granted permission unto whom He shall please and shall accept

53:27  Verily they who believe not in the life to come give unto the angels a female appellation

53:28  But they have no knowledge herein: They follow no other than a bare opinion; and a bare opinion attaineth not any thing of truth

53:29  Wherefore withdraw from him who turneth away from our admonition, and seeketh only the present life

53:30  This is their highest pitch of knowledge. Verily thy Lord well knoweth him who erreth from his way; and He well knoweth him who is rightly directed

53:31  Unto God belongeth whatever is in heaven and earth: That He may reward those who do evil, according to that which they shall have wrought; and may reward those who do well, with the most excellent reward

53:32  As to those who avoid great crimes, and hainous sins, and are guilty only of lighter faults; verily thy Lord will be extensive in mercy towards them. He well knew you when He produced you out of the earth, and when ye were embryo's in your mothers' wombs: Wherefore justify not your selves: He best knoweth the man who feareth Him

53:33  What thinkest thou of him who turneth aside from following the truth

53:34  and giveth little, and covetously stoppeth his hand

53:35  Is the knowledge of futurity with him, so that he seeth the same

53:36  hath he not been informed of that which is contained in the books of Moses

53:37  and of Abraham who faithfully performed his engagements

53:38  To wit: That a burdened soul shall not bear the burden of another

53:39  and that nothing shall be imputed to a man for righteousness, except his own labour

53:40  and that his labour shall surely be made manifest hereafter

53:41  and that he shall be rewarded for the same with a most abundant reward

53:42  and that unto thy Lord will be the end of all things

53:43  and that He causeth to laugh, and causeth to weep

53:44  and that He putteth to death, and giveth life

53:45  and that He createth the two sexes, the male and the female

53:46  of seed when it is emitted

53:47  and that unto Him appertaineth another production, namely, the raising of the dead again to life hereafter

53:48  and that He enricheth, and causeth to acquire possessions

53:49  and that He is the Lord of the dog-star

53:50  and that He destroyed the ancient tribe of Ad

53:51  and Thamud, and left not any of them alive

53:52  and also the people of Noah, before them; for they were most unjust and wicked

53:53  And He overthrew the cities which were turned upside down

53:54  and that which covered them, covered them

53:55  Which, therefore, of thy Lord's benefits, O man, wilt thou call in question

53:56  This our apostle is a preacher like the preachers who preceded him

53:57  The approaching day of judgment draweth near

53:58  There is none who can reveal the exact time of the same, besides God

53:59  Do ye, therefore, wonder at this new revelation

53:60  and do ye laugh, and not weep

53:61  spending your time in idle diversions

53:62  But rather worship God, and serve him