By the star when it descends,
وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰىۙ

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰىۚ

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۗ

It is not but a revelation revealed,
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُّوْحٰىۙ

aught to him by one intense in strength -
عَلَّمَهٗ شَدِيْدُ الْقُوٰىۙ

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
ذُوْ مِرَّةٍۗ فَاسْتَوٰىۙ

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰى ۗ

Then he approached and descended
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ اَوْ اَدْنٰىۚ

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.
فَاَوْحٰۤى اِلٰى عَبْدِهٖ مَاۤ اَوْحٰىۗ

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَاٰى

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
اَفَتُمٰرُوْنَهٗ عَلٰى مَا يَرٰى

And he certainly saw him in another descent
وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ نَزْلَةً اُخْرٰىۙ

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -
عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوٰىۗ

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
اِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشٰىۙ

The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
لَقَدْ رَاٰى مِنْ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرٰى

So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
اَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللّٰتَ وَالْعُزّٰىۙ

And Manat, the third - the other one?
وَمَنٰوةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْاُخْرٰى

Is the male for you and for Him the female?
اَلَـكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى

That, then, is an unjust division.
تِلْكَ اِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيْزٰى

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.
اِنْ هِىَ اِلَّاۤ اَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوْهَاۤ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَآؤُكُمْ مَّاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىۗ

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
اَمْ لِلْاِنْسَانِ مَا تَمَنّٰى ۖ

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].
فَلِلّٰهِ الْاٰخِرَةُ وَالْاُوْلٰى

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 مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِىْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْــًٔــا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اَنْ يَّأْذَنَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَيَرْضٰى

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّوْنَ الْمَلٰٓٮِٕكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْاُنْثٰى

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍۗ اِنْ يَّتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِىْ مِنَ الْحَـقِّ شَيْـًٔـاۚ

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.
فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْ مَّنْ تَوَلّٰى ۙ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ اِلَّا الْحَيٰوةَ 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.
ذٰ لِكَ مَبْلَـغُهُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۗ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖ ۙ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدٰى

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] -
وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۙ لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسَآءُوْا بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَيَجْزِىَ الَّذِيْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا بِالْحُسْنٰى ۚ

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.
اَلَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰٓٮِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ اِلَّا اللَّمَمَۗ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِذْ اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ وَاِذْ اَنْتُمْ اَجِنَّةٌ فِىْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْۚ فَلَا تُزَكُّوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ ۗ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقٰى

Have you seen the one who turned away
اَفَرَءَيْتَ الَّذِىْ تَوَلّٰىۙ

And gave a little and [then] refrained?
وَاَعْطٰى قَلِيْلًا وَّاَكْدٰى

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?
اَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرٰى

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses
اَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِىْ صُحُفِ مُوْسٰىۙ

And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -
وَاِبْرٰهِيْمَ الَّذِىْ وَفّٰىٓ ۙ

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another
اَ لَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰىۙ

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَاَنْ لَّيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ

And that his effort is going to be seen -
وَاَنَّ سَعْيَهٗ سَوْفَ يُرٰىۖ

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense
ثُمَّ يُجْزٰٮهُ الْجَزَآءَ الْاَوْفٰىۙ

And that to your Lord is the finality
وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ

And that it is He who causes death and gives life
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَمَاتَ وَ اَحْيَا ۙ

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
وَاَنَّهٗ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۙ

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted
مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اِذَا تُمْنٰىۙ

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the next creation
وَاَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُخْرٰىۙ

And that it is He who enriches and suffices
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ اَغْنٰى وَ اَقْنٰىۙ

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius
وَاَنَّهٗ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرٰىۙ

And that He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad
وَاَنَّهٗۤ اَهْلَكَ عَادَاۡ لْـٮُٔـوْلٰى ۙ

And Thamud - and He did not spare [them] -
وَثَمُوْدَاۡ فَمَاۤ اَبْقٰىۙ

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.
وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ مِّنْ قَبْلُۗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىۗ

And the overturned towns He hurled down
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ

And covered them by that which He covered.
فَغَشّٰٮهَا مَا غَشّٰىۚ

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?
فَبِاَىِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارٰى

This [Prophet] is a warner like the former warners.
هٰذَا نَذِيْرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْاُوْلٰٓى

The Approaching Day has approached.
اَزِفَتِ الْاٰزِفَةُۚ

Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover.
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ۗ

Then at this statement do you wonder?
اَفَمِنْ هٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ تَعْجَبُوْنَۙ

And you laugh and do not weep
وَتَضْحَكُوْنَ وَلَا تَبْكُوْنَۙ

While you are proudly sporting?
وَاَنْتُمْ سٰمِدُوْنَ

So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him].
فَاسْجُدُوْا لِلّٰهِ وَاعْبُدُوْا