By the star when it descends,  

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ  

Your companion ˹Muhammad˺ has not strayed, nor has he erred,  

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ  

Nor does he speak from ˹his own˺ inclination.  

وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ  

It is not but a revelation revealed,  

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ  

Taught to him by one intense in strength -  

عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ  

One of soundness. And he rose to ˹his˺ true form  

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ  

While he was in the higher ˹part of the˺ horizon.  

وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ  

Then he approached and descended  

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ  

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.  

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ  

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.  

فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ  

The heart did not lie ˹about˺ what it saw.  

مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ  

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?  

أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ  

And he certainly saw him in another descent  

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ  

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -  

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَىٰ  

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -  

عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ  

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered ˹it˺.  

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ  

The sight ˹of the Prophet˺ did not swerve, nor did it transgress ˹its limit˺.  

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ  

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.  

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ  

So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?  

أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ  

And Manat, the third - the other one?  

وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ  

Is the male for you and for Him the female?  

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنْثَىٰ  

That, then, is an unjust division.  

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ  

They are not but ˹mere˺ names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what ˹their˺ souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.  

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنْفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ  

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?  

أَمْ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ  

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first ˹life˺.  

فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ  

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except ˹only˺ after Allah has permitted ˹it˺ to whom He wills and approves.  

وَكَمْ مِنْ مَلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ  

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,  

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنْثَىٰ  

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.  

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا  

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.  

فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَنْ تَوَلَّىٰ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا  

That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.  

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ  

And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with ˹the penalty of˺ what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best ˹reward˺ -  

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى  

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only ˹committing˺ slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.  

الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ  

Have you seen the one who turned away  

أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ  

And gave a little and ˹then˺ refrained?  

وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ  

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?  

أَعِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ  

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses  

أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ  

And ˹of˺ Abraham, who fulfilled ˹his obligations˺ -  

وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ  

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another  

أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ  

And that there is not for man except that ˹good˺ for which he strives  

وَأَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ  

And that his effort is going to be seen -  

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ  

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense  

ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ  

And that to your Lord is the finality  

وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهَىٰ  

And that it is He who makes ˹one˺ laugh and weep  

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ  

And that it is He who causes death and gives life  

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا  

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -  

وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ  

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted  

مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ  

And that ˹incumbent˺ upon Him is the next creation  

وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ  

And that it is He who enriches and suffices  

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ  

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius  

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ  

And that He destroyed the first ˹people of˺ 'Aad  

وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ