The Stars (Al-Najm)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the star when it descends, 1 This fellow-man of yours has not gone astray, nor is he deluded, 2 And he speaketh not of his own desire. 3 This is only revelation communicated, 4 Which one of mighty powers hath taught him, 5 very strong; he stood poised, 6 While he was on the uppermost horizon. 7 Then he approached and descended 8 until he was two bows' length away, or nearer. 9 When He revealed to His votary what He revealed. 10 His heart did not lie of what he saw. 11 So will you dispute with him over what he saw? 12 And certainly he saw him descend a second time: 13 by the lote-tree at the farthest boundary, 14 Nigh thereto is the Garden of Abode. 15 When the lote-tree was being enveloped, by whatever around it. 16 The sight did not shift, nor did it cross the limits. 17 Indeed he (Muhammad SAW) did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah). 18 Have you considered El-Lat and El-'Uzza 19 And Manat the other third? 20 What, have you males, and He females! 21 That indeed is an unfair division -- 22 These are only names given by yourselves and your fathers. God has not given them any authority. They, (unbelievers), only follow mere conjecture and the desires of their souls, even though guidance has already come to them from their Lord. 23 Can the human being have whatever he wishes? 24 despite the fact that [both] the life to come and this present [one] belong to God [alone]? 25