By the STAR when it setteth
Your compatriot erreth not, nor is he led astray
Neither speaketh he from mere impulse
The Koran is no other than a revelation revealed to him
One terrible in power taught it him
Endued with wisdom. With even balance stood he
In the highest part of the horizon
Then came he nearer and approached
And was at the distance of two bows, or even closer,
And he revealed to his servant what he revealed
His heart falsified not what he saw
What! will ye then dispute with him as to what he saw
He had seen him also another time
Near the Sidrah-tree, which marks the boundary
Near which is the garden of repose
When the Sidrah-tree was covered with what covered it
His eye turned not aside, nor did it wander
For he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord
Do you see Al-Lat and Al-Ozza
And Manat the third idol besides
What? shall ye have male progeny and God female
This were indeed an unfair partition
These are mere names: ye and your fathers named them thus: God hath not sent down any warranty in their regard. A mere conceit and their own impulses do they follow. Yet hath "the guidance" from their Lord come to them
Shall man have whatever he wisheth
The future and the present are in the hand of God
And many as are the Angels in the Heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail Until God hath permitted it to whom he shall please and will accept
Verily, it is they who believe not in the life to come, who name the angels with names of females
But herein they have no knowledge: they follow a mere conceit; and mere conceit can never take the place of truth
Withdraw then from him who turneth his back on our warning and desireth only this present life
This is the sum of their knowledge. Truly thy Lord best knoweth him who erreth from his way, and He best knoweth him who hath received guidance
And whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth is God's that he may reward those who do evil according to their deeds: and those who do good will He reward with good things
To those who avoid great crimes and scandals but commit only lighter faults, verily, thy Lord will be diffuse of mercy. He well knew you when he produced you out of the earth, and when ye were embryos in your mother's womb. Assert not then your own purity. He best knoweth who feareth him
Hast thou considered him who turned his back
Who giveth little and is covetous
Is it that he hath the knowledge and vision of the secret things
Hath he not been told of what is in the pages of Moses
And of Abraham faithful to his pledge
That no burdened soul shall bear the burdens of another
And that nothing shall be reckoned to a man but that for which he hath made efforts
And that his efforts shall at last be seen in their true light
That then he shall be recompensed with a most exact recompense
And that unto thy Lord is the term of all things
And that it is He who causeth to laugh and to weep
And that He causeth to die and maketh alive
And that He hath created the sexes, male and female
From the diffused germs of life
And that with Him is the second creation
And that He enricheth and causeth to possess
And that He is the Lord of Sirius
And that it was He who destroyed the ancient Adites
And the people of Themoud and left not one survivor
And before them the people of Noah who were most wicked and most perverse
And it was He who destroyed the cities that were overthrown
So that that which covered them covered them
Which then of thy Lord's benefits wilt thou make a matter of doubt
He who warneth you is one of the warners of old
The day that must draw nigh, draweth nigh already
and yet none but God can reveal its time
Is it at these sayings that ye marvel
And that ye laugh and weep not
And that ye are triflers
Prostrate yourselves then to God and worship