53:1  By the Star when it goes down,

53:2  Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled

53:3  Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire

53:4  It is no less than inspiration sent down to him

53:5  He was taught by one Mighty in Power

53:6  Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form)

53:7  While he was in the highest part of the horizon

53:8  Then he approached and came closer

53:9  And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer

53:10  So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey

53:11  The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw

53:12  Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw

53:13  For indeed he saw him at a second descent

53:14  Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass

53:15  Near it is the Garden of Abode

53:16  Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!

53:17  (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong

53:18  For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest

53:19  Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza

53:20  And another, the third (goddess), Manat

53:21  What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female

53:22  Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair

53:23  These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even though there has already come to them Guidance from their Lord

53:24  Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after

53:25  But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong

53:26  How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He pleases and that he is acceptable to Him

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

53:28  But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth

53:29  Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world

53:30  That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth best those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who receive guidance

53:31  Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that He rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and He rewards those who do good, with what is best

53:32  Those who avoid great sins and shameful deeds, only (falling into) small faults,- verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you well when He brings you out of the earth, And when ye are hidden in your mothers' wombs. Therefore justify not yourselves: He knows best who it is that guards against evil

53:33  Seest thou one who turns back

53:34  Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)

53:35  What! Has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see

53:36  Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the Books of Moses

53:37  And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements?

53:38  Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another

53:39  That man can have nothing but what he strives for

53:40  That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight

53:41  Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete

53:42  That to thy Lord is the final Goal

53:43  That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears

53:44  That it is He Who granteth Death and Life

53:45  That He did create in pairs,- male and female

53:46  From a seed when lodged (in its place)

53:47  That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead)

53:48  That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction

53:49  That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star)

53:50  And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people)

53:51  And the Thamud nor gave them a lease of perpetual life

53:52  And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) most unjust and most insolent transgressors

53:53  And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah)

53:54  So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up

53:55  Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou dispute about

53:56  This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old

53:57  The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh

53:58  No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare

53:59  Do ye then wonder at this recital

53:60  And will ye laugh and not weep,

53:61  Wasting your time in vanities

53:62  But fall ye down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)