١By the Star when it setteth,

Wannajmi izaa hawaa

Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived;

Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.

It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,

Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,

One vigorous; and he grew clear to view

When he was on the uppermost horizon.

Then he drew nigh and came down

Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,

And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed.

The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.

Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth?

And verily he saw him yet another time

By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,

Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode.

When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,

The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.

Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.

Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza

And Manat, the third, the other?

Are yours the males and His the females?

That indeed were an unfair division!

Or shall man have what he coveteth?

But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.

Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the names of females.

And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.

Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance and desireth but the life of the world.

Didst thou (O Muhammad) observe him who turned away,

And gave a little, then was grudging?

Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth?

Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Moses

And Abraham who paid his debt:

That no laden one shall bear another's load,

And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,

And that his effort will be seen.

And afterward he will be repaid for it with fullest payment;

And that thy Lord, He is the goal;

And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,

And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;

And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female,

From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth;

And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth;

And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth;

And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;

And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,

And (the tribe of) Thamud He spared not;

And the folk of Noah aforetime, Lo! they were more unjust and more rebellious;

And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroyed

So that there covered them that which did cover.

Concerning which then, of the bounties of thy Lord, canst thou dispute?

This is a warner of the warners of old.

The threatened Hour is nigh.

None beside Allah can disclose it.

Marvel ye then at this statement,

And laugh and not weep,

While ye amuse yourselves?