53:1  By the star when it falls

53:2  You companion has neither erred, nor has he gone astray

53:3  Nor does he speak out of his own desire

53:4  It is nothing but pure revelation revealed by God

53:5  The Lord of the Mighty Powers has taught him

53:6  The One Possessor of Powers which manifest themselves repeatedly. So HE settled Himself on the Throne

53:7  And HE revealed His Word when he was on the uppermost horizon

53:8  Then the Prophet drew near to ALLAH; then ALLAH leaned down towards him

53:9  So that HE became, as it were, one chord to two bows, or closer still

53:10  Then ALLAH revealed to HIS servant that which HE revealed

53:11  The heart of the Prophet lied not in seeing what he saw

53:12  Will you, then, dispute with him about what he saw

53:13  And, certainly, he saw him a second time

53:14  Near the farthest lote tree

53:15  Near which is the Garden of Eternal abode

53:16  This was when that, which covers, covered the lote-tree

53:17  The eye deviated not, nor did it wander

53:18  Surely, he saw the greatest of the Signs of his Lord

53:19  Now tell me about Lat and Uzzh

53:20  And Manat, the third one, another goddess

53:21  `What ! for you the males and for Him the females?

53:22  That, indeed is an unfair division

53:23  These are but names which you have named - you and your fathers - for which ALLAH has sent down no authority. They follow naught but conjecture and what their souls desire, while there has already come to them guidance from their Lord

53:24  Can man have whatever he desires

53:25  Nay, to ALLAH belong the Hereafter and this world

53:26  And how many an angel is there in the heavens, but their intercession shall be of no avail, except after ALLAH gives permission to whomsoever HE wills and pleases

53:27  Those, who believe not in the Hereafter, give the angels female names

53:28  But they have no knowledge thereof. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails naught against truth

53:29  So turn away from him who turns his back upon Our remembrance, and seeks nothing but the life of this world

53:30  That is the utmost limit of their knowledge. Verily, thy Lord knows best him who strays away from His way, and HE knows best him who follows guidance

53:31  And to ALLAH belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that HE may requite those who do evil according to what they have wrought and reward those who do good with what is best

53:32  Those who shun the grave sins and all indecencies except minor faults. Verily, thy Lord is Master of vast forgiveness. HE knows you well from the time when HE created you from the earth, and when you were embryos in the bellies of your mothers. So ascribe not purity to yourselves. HE knows him best who is truly righteous

53:33  Seest thou him who turns away from guidance

53:34  And gives a little, and does it grudgingly

53:35  Has he the knowledge of the unseen, so that he can see his own end

53:36  Has he not been informed of what is in the Scriptures of Moses

53:37  And of Abraham who fulfilled the divine commandments

53:38  That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another

53:39  And that man will have nothing but what he strives for

53:40  And that the result of his striving shall soon be known

53:41  Then will he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward

53:42  And that with thy Lord is the final judgment

53:43  And that it is HE WHO makes people laugh and makes them weep

53:44  And that it is HE Who causes death and gives life

53:45  And that HE creates the pairs, male and female

53:46  From a sperm drop when it is emitted

53:47  And that it is for him to bring forth the second creation

53:48  And that it is HE Who enriches and gives contentment

53:49  And that HE is the Lord of Sirius

53:50  And that HE destroyed the first tribe of Ad

53:51  And the tribe of Thamud and HE spared no one

53:52  And HE destroyed the people of Noah before them - verily, they were most unjust and most rebellious

53:53  And HE overthrew the subverted cities of the people of Lot

53:54  So that there covered them that which covered

53:55  Which, then, O man, of the bounties of thy Lord wilt thou dispute

53:56  This Messenger of Ours is a Warner like the Warners of Old

53:57  The Hour of Judgment which was to come has drawn nigh

53:58  None but ALLAH can avert it

53:59  Do you, then, wonder at this announcement

53:60  And do you laugh and weep not

53:61  While you make merry

53:62  So prostrate yourselves before ALLAH and worship HIM