The Stars (Al-Najm)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Star when it goes down,- 1 your companion has neither strayed nor is he deluded; 2 Neither does he speak of his own will. 3 It is not but a revelation revealed, 4 taught him by one terrible in power, 5 Of might, he (Gabriel) stood firm 6 standing poised at the highest point on the horizon, 7 then drew near and suspended hung, 8 So he was the measure of two bows or closer still. 9 He revealed to God's servant whatever he wanted. 10 His (Muhammad's) heart did not lie to him about what his eyes had seen. 11 What! So do you dispute with him regarding what he saw? 12 And certainly he saw him descend a second time: 13 by the lote tree beyond which none may pass 14 Near it is the Garden of Abode. 15 when the lote tree was covered in mystic splendour. 16 His eye did not waver, nor did it stray, 17 for indeed he saw one of the greatest signs of his Lord. 18 Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs). 19 And Manat, the third - the other one? 20 "What! For you the males and for Him the females?" 21 That indeed is a division unfair! 22 These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord. 23 Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after? 24 Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life). 25