An-Najm

By the star when it descends

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination

It is not but a revelation revealed

Taught to him by one intense in strength

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon

Then he approached and descended

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw

So will you dispute with him over what he saw

And he certainly saw him in another descent

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary

Near it is the Garden of Refuge

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it]

The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit]

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord

So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza

And Manat, the third - the other one

Is the male for you and for Him the female

That, then, is an unjust division

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance

Or is there for man whatever he wishes

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life]

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life

That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided

And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward]

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him

Have you seen the one who turned away

And gave a little and [then] refrained

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees

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

And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations]

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

And that his effort is going to be seen

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense

And that to your Lord is the finality

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius

And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad

And Thamud - and He did not spare [them]

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing

And the overturned towns He hurled down

And covered them by that which He covered

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt

This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners

The Approaching Day has approached

Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover

Then at this statement do you wonder

And you laugh and do not weep

While you are proudly sporting

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]