The Stars (Al-Najm)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the setting star, 1 your comrade is not astray, neither errs, 2 Nor does he speak out of desire. 3 It is not but a revelation revealed, 4 He was taught by one Mighty in Power, 5 One strong of make. Then he stood straight. 6 When he was on the uppermost horizon. 7 He (Gabriel) then came nearer and nearer. 8 until he was but two bow-lengths away, or even nearer. 9 So Allah divinely revealed to His bondman, whatever He divinely revealed. 10 The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw. 11 Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth? 12 He saw Him indeed another time 13 by the Lote-Tree of the Boundary 14 near which is the Garden of Abode. 15 When that covered the lote-tree which covered it. 16 The sight (of Prophet Muhammad SAW) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed beyond (the) limit (ordained for it). 17 Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord. 18 So did you observe the idols Lat and Uzza? 19 And Manat, the third, the other? 20 What, have you males, and He females? 21 That, then, is an unjust division. 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 shall man have what he coveteth? 24 And to God belongs the First and the Last. 25