53:1  By the star as it goes down

53:2  Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred

53:3  Nor does he speak out of desire

53:4  It is but a revelation revealed

53:5  Taught to him by the Extremely Powerful

53:6  The one of vigor. He settled

53:7  While he was at the highest horizon

53:8  Then he came near, and hovered around

53:9  He was within two bows' length, or closer

53:10  Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed

53:11  The heart did not lie about what it saw

53:12  Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw

53:13  He saw him on another descent

53:14  At the Lotus Tree of the Extremity

53:15  Near which is the Garden of Repose

53:16  As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it

53:17  The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed

53:18  He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord

53:19  Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza

53:20  And Manat, the third one, the other

53:21  Are you to have the males, and He the females

53:22  What a bizarre distribution

53:23  These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which God sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord

53:24  Or is the human being to have whatever he desires

53:25  To God belong the Last and the First

53:26  How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves

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

53:28  They have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, and assumptions are no substitute for the truth

53:29  So avoid him who has turned away from Our remembrance, and desires nothing but the present life

53:30  That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance

53:31  To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and recompense those who do good with the best

53:32  Those who avoid gross sins and indecencies—except for minor lapses—your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well, ever since He created you from the earth, and ever since you were embryos in your mothers' wombs. So do not acclaim your own virtue; He is fully aware of the righteous

53:33  Have you considered him who turned away

53:34  And gave a little, and held back

53:35  Does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and can therefore foresee

53:36  Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses

53:37  And of Abraham, who fulfilled

53:38  That no soul bears the burdens of another soul

53:39  And that the human being attains only what he strives for

53:40  And that his efforts will be witnessed

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

53:42  And that to your Lord is the finality

53:43  And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping

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

53:45  And that it is He who created the two kinds—the male and the female

53:46  From a sperm drop, when emitted

53:47  And that upon Him is the next existence

53:48  And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes

53:49  And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

53:50  And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad

53:51  And Thamood, sparing no one

53:52  And the people of Noah before that; for they were most unjust and most oppressive

53:53  And He toppled the ruined cities

53:54  And covered them with whatever covered them

53:55  So which of your Lord's marvels can you deny

53:56  This is a warning, just like the first warnings

53:57  The inevitable is imminent

53:58  None besides God can unveil it

53:59  Do you marvel at this discourse

53:60  And laugh, and do not weep

53:61  Lost in your frivolity

53:62  So bow down to God, and worship