The Stars (Al-Najm)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the setting star, 1 This fellow-man of yours has not gone astray, nor is he deluded, 2 Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. 3 It is a revelations which has been revealed to him 4 He was taught by [an angel] who is mighty in power, 5 One strong of make. Then he stood straight. 6 While he was in the highest part of the horizon: 7 then drew near and suspended hung, 8 until he was but two bow-lengths away, or even nearer. 9 And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed. 10 His heart did not falsify what he perceived. 11 Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth? 12 And certainly he saw him in another descent, 13 by the lote tree beyond which none may pass 14 Close to which is the Everlasting Paradise. 15 When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it! 16 The sight turned not aside, nor it exceeded. 17 He certainly saw the greatest (signs) of the existence of his Lord. 18 So did you observe the idols Lat and Uzza? 19 and the third one, Manat? -- 20 Shall you have the male issues, and He the female issues? 21 This is an unfair distinction! 22 They are naught but names yourselves have named, and your fathers; God has sent down no authority touching them. They follow only surmise, and what the souls desire; and yet guidance has come to them from their Lord. 23 Or is there for man whatever he wishes? 24 To Allah belong both the Next World and the present. 25