53:1  By the star when it sets

53:2  Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded

53:3  he does not speak from his own desire

53:4  The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him

53:5  It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty power

53:6  and great strength, who stoo

53:7  on the highest horizo

53:8  and then approached––coming dow

53:9  until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––

53:10  and revealed to God’s servant what He revealed

53:11  [The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw

53:12  Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes

53:13  A second time he saw him

53:14  by the lote tree beyond which none may pas

53:15  near the Garden of Restfulness

53:16  when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour]

53:17  His sight never wavered, nor was it too bold

53:18  and he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord

53:19  [Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza

53:20  and the third one, Manat–&ndash

53:21  are you to have the male and He the female

53:22  That would be a most unjust distribution!––

53:23  these are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers. God has sent no authority for them. These people merely follow guesswork and the whims of their souls, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord

53:24  Is man to have everything he wishes for

53:25  when the present life and the life to come belong only to God

53:26  There are many angels in heaven whose intercession will be of no use until God gives permission to those He will, whose words He will accept

53:27  Those who deny the life to come give the angels female names

53:28  They have no knowledge to base this on: they merely follow guesswork. Guesswork is of no value against the Truth

53:29  So [Prophet] ignore those who turn away from Our revelation, who want only the life of this world

53:30  Their knowledge does not go beyond that. Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who follows guidance

53:31  Everything in the heavens and earth belongs to God. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and reward, with what is best, those who do good

53:32  As for those who avoid grave sins and foul acts, though they may commit small sins, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He has been aware of you from the time He produced you from the earth and from your hiding places in your mothers’ wombs, so do not assert your own goodness:He knows best who is mindful of Him

53:33  [Prophet], consider that man who turned away

53:34  he only gave a little and then he stopped

53:35  Does he have knowledge of the Unseen? Can he see [the Hereafter]

53:36  Has he not been told what was written in the Scriptures of Mose

53:37  and of Abraham, who fulfilled his duty

53:38  that no soul shall bear the burden of another

53:39  that man will only have what he has worked towards

53:40  that his labour will be see

53:41  and that in the end he will be repaid in full for it

53:42  that the final goal is your Lord

53:43  that it is He who makes people laugh and weep

53:44  that it is He who gives death and life

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

53:46  from an ejected drop of sperm

53:47  that He will undertake the second Creation

53:48  that it is He who gives wealth and possessions

53:49  that He is the Lord of Sirius

53:50  that it was He who destroyed, in their entirety, ancient 'A

53:51  and Thamud

53:52  and before them the people of Noah who were even more unjust and insolent

53:53  that it was He who brought down the ruined citie

53:54  and enveloped them in the punishment He ordained for them

53:55  Which then of your Lord’s blessings do you deny

53:56  This is a warning just like the warnings sent in former times

53:57  The imminent Hour draws nea

53:58  and only God can disclose it

53:59  Do you [people] marvel at this

53:60  Why do you laugh instead of weeping

53:61  Why do you pay no heed

53:62  Bow down before God and worship