{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq053.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq053.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq053.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. By the Star\n When it goes down,\u2014\n2. Your Companion is neither\n Astray nor being misled,\n3. Nor does he say (aught)\n Of (his own) Desire.\n4. It is no less than\n Inspiration sent down to him:\n5. He was taught by one\n Mighty in Power,\n6. Endued with Wisdom:\n For he appeared\n (In stately form)\n7. While he was in\n The highest part\n Of the horizon:\n8. Then he approached\n And came closer,\n9. And was at a distance\n Of but two bow-lengths\n Or (even) nearer;\n10. So did (God) convey\n The inspiration to His Servant\u2014\n (Conveyed) what He (meant)\n To convey.\n11. The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart\n In no way falsified\n That which he saw.\n12. Will ye then dispute\n With him concerning\n What he saw?\n13. For indeed he saw him\n At a second descent,\n14. Near the Lote-tree\n Beyond which none may pass:\n15. Near it is the Garden\n Of Abode.\n16. Behold, the Lote-tree\n Was shrouded\n (In mystery unspeakable!)\n17. (His) sight never swerved,\n Nor did it go wrong!\n18. For truly did he see,\n Of the Signs of his Lord,\n The Greatest!\n19. Have ye seen\n L\u0101t, and \u2018Uzz\u0101,\n20. And another,\n The third (goddess), Man\u0101t?\n21. What! For you\n The male sex,\n And for Him, the female?\n22. Behold, such would be\n Indeed a division\n Most unfair!\n23. These are nothing but names\n Which ye have devised,\u2014\n Ye and your fathers,\n For which God has sent\n Down no authority (whatever).\n They follow nothing but\n Conjecture and what\n Their own souls desire!\u2014\n Even though there has already\n Come to them Guidance\n From their Lord!\n24. Nay, shall man have (just)\n Anything he hankers after?\n25. But it is to God\n That the End and\n The Beginning (of all things)\n Belong.\n26. How many-so-ever be\n The angels in the heavens,\n Their intercession will avail nothing\n Except after God has given\n Leave for whom He pleases\n And that he is acceptable\n To Him.\n27. Those who believe not\n In the Hereafter, name\n The angels with female names.\n28. But they have no knowledge\n Therein. They follow nothing\n But conjecture; and conjecture\n Avails nothing against Truth.\n29. Therefore shun those who\n Turn away from Our Message\n And desire nothing but\n The life of this world.\n30. That is as far as\n Knowledge will reach them.\n Verily thy Lord knoweth best\n Those who stray from\n His Path, and He knoweth\n Best those who receive guidance.\n31. Yea, to God belongs all\n That is in the heavens\n And on earth: so that\n He rewards those who do\n Evil, according to their deeds,\n And He rewards those who\n Do good, with what is best.\n32. Those who avoid\n Great sins and shameful deeds,\nOnly (falling into) small faults,\n Verily thy Lord is ample\n In forgiveness. He knows\n You well when He brings\n You out of the earth,\n And when ye are hidden\n In your mothers\u2019 wombs.\n Therefore justify not yourselves;\n He knows best who it is\n That guards against evil.\n33. Seest thou one\n Who turns back,\n34. Gives a little,\n Then hardens (his heart)?\n35. What! Has he knowledge\n Of the unseen\n So that he can see?\n36. Nay, is he not acquainted\n With what is in the books\n Of Moses\u2014\n37. And of Abraham\n Who fulfilled his\n engagements;\u2014\n38. Namely, that no bearer\n Of burdens can bear\n The burden of another;\n39. That man can have nothing\n But what he strives for;\n40. That (the fruit of) his striving\n Will soon come in sight;\n41. Then will he be rewarded\n With a reward complete;\n42. That to thy Lord\n Is the final Goal;\n43. That it is He Who\n Granteth Laughter and Tears;\n44. That it is He Who\n Granteth Death and Life;\n45. That He did create\n In pairs,\u2014male and female,\n46. From a seed when lodged\n (In its place);\n47. That He hath promised\n A Second Creation\n (Raising of the Dead);\n48. That it is He Who\n Giveth wealth and satisfaction;\n49. That He is the Lord\n Of Sirius (the Mighty Star);\n50. And that it is He\n Who destroyed the (powerful)\n Ancient \u2018\u0100d (people),\n51. And the Tham\u016bd,\n Nor gave them a lease\n Of perpetual life.\n52. And before them,\n The people of Noah,\n For that they were (all)\n Most unjust\n And most insolent transgressors,\n53. And He destroyed\n The Overthrown Cities\n (Of Sodom and Gomorrah),\n54. So that (ruins unknown)\n Have covered them up.\n55. Then which of the gifts\n Of thy Lord, (O man,)\n Wilt thou dispute about?\n56. This is a Warner,\n Of the (series of) Warners\n Of old!\n57. The (Judgment) ever approaching\n Draws nigh:\n58. No (soul) but God\n Can lay it bare.\n59. Do ye then wonder\n At this recital?\n60. And will ye laugh\n And not weep,\u2014\n61. Wasting your time\n In vanities?\n62. But fall ye down in prostration\n To God, and adore (Him)!","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra LIII. Najm, or the Star.","type":"page"}