Chapter 53, 62 verses
I swear by the star when it goes down.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
By the Star when it goes down, -
Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled.
Nor does he speak out of desire.
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.
It is naught but revelation that is revealed,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ
It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:
The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ
He was taught by one Mighty in Power,
The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ
Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form);
And he is in the highest part of the horizon.
وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ
While he was in the highest part of the horizon:
Then he drew near, then he bowed
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he approached and came closer,
So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
And was at a distance of but two bow - lengths or (even) nearer;
And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ
So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant - (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey.
The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.
مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ
The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.
What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?
And certainly he saw him in another descent,
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
For indeed he saw him at a second descent,
At the farthest lote - tree;
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ
Near the Lote - tree beyond which none may pass:
Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Near it is the Garden of Abode.
When that which covers covered the lote - tree;
إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
Behold, the Lote - tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)
The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
(His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!
Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!
Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza,
And Manat, the third, the last?
وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And another, the third (goddess), Manat?
What! for you the males and for Him the females!
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?
This indeed is an unjust division!
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!
They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ
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!
Or shall man have what he wishes?
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after?
Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).
فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ
But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong.
And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ
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.
Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ
Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.
And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا
But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.
Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world.
That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ
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.
And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى
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.
Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).
الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ
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.
Have you then seen him who turns his back?
أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ
Seest thou one who turns back,
And gives a little and (then) withholds.
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ
Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)?
Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ
What! Has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see?
Or, has he not been of what is in the scriptures of Musa?
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the Books of Moses -
And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):
وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ
And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements? -
That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another -
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another;
And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for -
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
That man can have nothing but what he strives for;
And that his striving shall soon be seen -
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight:
Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward -
ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ
Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;
And that to your Lord is the goal -
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَىٰ
That to thy Lord is the final Goal;
And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears;
And that He it is Who causes death and gives life -
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
That it is He Who granteth Death and Life;
And that He created pairs, the male and the female
وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
That He did create in pairs, - male and female,
From the small seed when it is adapted
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
From a seed when lodged (in its place);
And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead);
And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction;
And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ
That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star);
And that He did destroy the Ad of old
وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ
And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),
And Samood, so He spared not
وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ
And the Thamud nor gave them a lease of perpetual life.
And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) most unjust and most insolent transgressors,
And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah).
So there covered them that which covered.
فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.
Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou dispute about?
This is a warner of the warners of old.
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ
This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old!
The near event draws nigh.
أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ
The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:
There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare.
Do you then wonder at this announcement?
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
Do ye then wonder at this recital?
And will you laugh and not weep?
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
And will ye laugh and not weep, -
While you are indulging in varieties.
وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ
Wasting your time in vanities?
So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).
فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩
But fall ye down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)!