53:1  I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dippe

53:2  That your companion is not confused, nor has he gone astray

53:3  Neither does he speak of his own will

53:4  This is only revelation communicated

53:5  Bestowed on him by the Supreme Intellect

53:6  Lord of power and wisdom. So he acquired poise and balance

53:7  And reached the highest pinnacle

53:8  Then he drew near and drew close

53:9  Until a space of two bow (arcs) or even less remained

53:10  When He revealed to His votary what He revealed

53:11  His heart did not falsify what he perceived

53:12  Will you dispute with him what he saw

53:13  He saw Him indeed another tim

53:14  By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass

53:15  Close to which is the Garden of Tranquility

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

53:17  Neither did sight falter nor exceed the bounds

53:18  Indeed he saw some of the greatest signs of His Lord

53:19  Have you considered Lat and 'Uzza

53:20  And Manat, the other third (of the pagan deities)

53:21  Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him

53:22  This is certainly an unjust apportioning

53:23  These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord

53:24  Can ever man get what he desires

53:25  To God belong the End and the Beginning

53:26  Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God's permission for whomsoever He please and approve

53:27  Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels names of females

53:28  Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth

53:29  So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world

53:30  This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance

53:31  To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, that He may requite those who do evil, in accordance with their deeds, and those who do good with good

53:32  As for those who avoid the greater sins and shameful acts, except minor trespasses, your Lord's forgiveness surely has great amplitude. He is fully knowledgeable of you as He produced you from the earth, and since you were a foetus in your mother's womb. So do not assert your goodness; he is better who takes heed and preserves himself

53:33  Have you seen him who turns his back

53:34  Who gives but little, and is niggardly

53:35  Has he knowledge of the Unknown that he perceives everything

53:36  Has he not heard what is contained in the Book of Moses

53:37  And of Abraham who fulfilled his trust? -

53:38  That no one who carries a burden bears another's load

53:39  That a man receives but only that for which he strives

53:40  That his endeavours will be judged

53:41  And only then will he receive his recompense in full

53:42  And that to your Lord is your returning

53:43  That it is He who makes you happy and morose

53:44  And He who ordains death and life

53:45  That He created pairs, male and female

53:46  From a drop of semen when emitted

53:47  That the second creation is incumbent on Him

53:48  That it is He who makes you rich and contented

53:49  That He is the Lord of Sirius

53:50  That it was He who destroyed the 'Ad of old

53:51  And Thamud, and did not leave them

53:52  Like the people of Noah before them, who were surely oppressors and rebellious

53:53  And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain

53:54  So that they were covered over by what they were covered over

53:55  How many favours of your Lord will you then deny

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

53:57  What is to come is imminent

53:58  There is no one to unveil it apart from God

53:59  Are you astonished at this news

53:60  And keep laughing and do not weep

53:61  Indulging in pleasantries

53:62  Bow instead in adoration before God and worship Him