Surah “The Star”

By the star when it sets

Your companion errs not, nor does he deviate

Nor does he speak out of desire

It is naught but revelation that is revealed -

One Mighty in Power has taught him

The Lord of Strength. So he attained to perfection

And he is in the highest part of the horizon

Then he drew near, drew nearer yet

So he was the measure of two bows or closer still

So He revealed to His servant what He revealed

The heart was not untrue in seeing what he saw

Do you then dispute with him as to what he saw

And certainly he saw Him in another descent

At the farthest lote-tree

Near it is the Garden of Abode

When that which covers covered the lote-tree

The eye turned not aside, nor did it exceed the limit

Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord

Have you then considered Lat and ‘Uzza

And another, the third, Manat

Are the males for you and for Him the females

This indeed is an unjust division

They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers -- Allah has sent no authority for them. They follow but conjecture and what (their) souls desire. And certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord

Or shall man have what he wishes

But for Allah is the Hereafter and the former (life)

And how many angels are in the heavens, whose intercession avails naught except after Allah gives permission to whom He pleases and chooses

Surely those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names

And they have no knowledge of it. They follow but conjecture, and surely conjecture avails naught against Truth

So shun him who turns his back upon Our Reminder, and desires nothing but this world’s life

That is their goal of knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows best him who strays from His path and He knows best him who goes aright

And Allah’s is whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil for that which they do, and reward those who do good with goodness

Those who avoid the great sins and the indecencies, but the passing idea -- surely thy Lord is Liberal in Forgiving. He knows best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; so ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows him best who guards against evil

Seest thou him who turns back

And gives a little, then withholds

Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see

Or has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Moses

And (of) Abraham who fulfilled (commandments)

That no bearer of a burden bears another’s burden

And that man can have nothing but what he strives for

And that his striving will soon be seen

Then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward

And that to thy Lord is the goal

And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep

And that He it is Who causes death and gives life

And that He creates pairs, the male and the female

From the small life-germ when it is adapted

And that He his ordained the second bringing forth

And that He it is Who gives wealth and contentment

And that He is the Lord of Sirius

And that He destroyed the First ‘Ad

And Thamud, so He spared not

And the people of Noah before. Surely they were most iniquitous and inordinate

And the overthrown cities, He hurled down

So there covered them that which covered

Which, then, of thy Lord’s benefits wilt thou dispute

This is a warner of the warners of old

The near Event draw nigh

There is none besides Allah to remove it

Do you wonder then at this announcement?

And do you laugh and not weep,

while you sport?

So bow down in prostration before Allah and serve (Him).