The
Star
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[53:1]
By the Star when it setteth,
[53:2]
Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived;
[53:3]
Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.
[53:4]
It is naught save an inspiration that is
inspired,
[53:5]
Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,
[53:6]
One vigorous; and he grew clear to view
[53:7]
When he was on the
uppermost horizon.
[53:8]
Then he drew nigh and came down
[53:9]
Till he was (distant) two bows’ length or even
nearer,
[53:10]
And He revealed unto His slave that which He
revealed.
[53:11]
The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.
[53:12]
Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he
seeth ?
[53:13]
And verily he saw him yet another time
[53:14]
By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,
[53:15]
Nigh unto which is the
[53:16]
When that which shroudeth did enshroud the
lote-tree,
[53:17]
The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.
[53:18]
Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of
his Lord.
[53:19]
Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-’Uzza
[53:20]
And Manat, the third, the other ?
[53:21]
Are yours the males and His the females ?
[53:22]
That indeed were an unfair division!
[53:23]
They are but names which ye have named, ye and
your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess
and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord
hath come unto them.
[53:24]
Or shall man have what he coveteth ?
[53:25]
But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and
the former.
[53:26]
And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession
availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and
accepteth.