Surah “The Star”

By the star when it goes down to set

your fellow (the Holy Prophet) has neither missed the way, nor did he deviate

He does not speak out of (his own) desire

It is but revelation revealed (to him)

It is taught to him by one (angel) of strong faculties

the one of vigour. So he stood poised

while he was on the upper horizon

Then he drew near, and came down

so as he was at a distance like that of two bows (joined together), rather even nearer

Thus He (Allah) revealed to His slave what He revealed

The heart did not err in what he saw

Do you quarrel with him in what he sees

Indeed he saw him another tim

by Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (the lote-tree in the upper realm)

near which there is Jannat-ul-Ma‘wa (the Paradise of Abode)

when the lote-tree was covered by that which covered it

The eye neither went wrong, nor did exceed the limit

He has indeed seen a part of the biggest signs of your Lord

Have you ever considered about the (idols of) Lat and ‘Uzza

and about the other, the third (idol), namely, Manat,

Is it that you have males and He (Allah) has females

If so, it is a bizarre division

These are nothing but names you and your fathers have invented; Allah has sent down no authority attached to them. They are following nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire, while guidance from their Lord has surely reached them

Is it that man can get whatever he wishes

(No,) because to Allah alone belongs the (good of) the Hereafter and the former life (of this world)

How many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession cannot benefit (any one) at all, but after Allah allows (it) for whomsoever He wills and pleases

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter call the angels by names of females

They do not have knowledge about it. They follow nothing but conjecture, and conjecture is of no avail in (the matter of) Truth

So, turn away from him who turns away from Our advice, and seeks nothing but (pleasure of) the worldly life

That is the limit of their access to knowledge. Indeed only your Lord knows well about the one who has gone astray from his way, and He knows well about the one who has adopted the right path

To Allah belongs whatever there is in the heavens and whatever there is in the earth, so that He gives punishment to evildoers for what they did, and gives good reward to those who did goo

__those who abstain from the major sins and from shameful acts, except minor involvements. Indeed your Lord is extensive in forgiveness. He knows you more than anyone else (from a time) when He created you from the earth and when you were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. So, do not claim purity (from faults) for your selves. He knows best who is God-fearing

Did you see the one who turned away

and gave a little, and stopped

Does he have knowledge of the Unseen whereby he sees (what he believes)

Has he not been told of what was (revealed) in the scriptures of Mus

and of Ibrahim who fulfilled (his duties)

(It was) that no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of the other

and that a man shall not deserve but (the reward of) his own effort

and that his effort will soon be seen

then he will be recompensed for it in full

and that to your Lord is the end (of every one)

and that He is the One who makes (one) laugh and makes (him) weep

and that He is the One who gives death and gives life

and that He creates the pairs, male and female

from a sperm-drop when it is poured (into a womb)

and that the second creation is undertaken by Him

and that He is the One who gives wealth and preserves (it)

and that He is the One who is the Lord of Sirius (the star worshipped by pagans)

and that He has destroyed the earlier ‘Ad

and Thamud, so spared none

and (destroyed) the people of NuH even earlier. Surely they were more unjust and more rebellious

And He destroyed the overturned towns (of the people of LuT) also

so enveloped they were by that which enveloped

Then concerning which of your Lord‘s bounties would you remain in doubt

This (Prophet) is a warner from the (genus of the) previous warners

The Imminent (Hour of Judgment) has approached

There is no one, beside Allah, to remove it

Do you then wonder at this discourse

and laugh (at it), and not weep

while you are engaged in vain play

Now, fall down in prostration and worship (Allah)