By the Name
God
the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful
by the Star
when it goes down
your companion
has not gone astray
and is not mistaken
nor does he speak
from his own desire
this is nothing but
a revealing
revealed
taught to him by
a being of great strength
tremendous power
he stood ready
on the highest horizon
then drew near
and hung suspended
two bows' lengths away
or nearer
then Hu revealed
to Hu's servant
what Hu revealed
his heart does not lie
about what he saw
will you argue with him
about what he sees?
he saw him again
another time
by the Lote Tree
of the final limit
close to
the Garden of Safe Shelter
when what covered
the Lote Tree
covered it
his eye did not wander
nor look away
indeed he saw some of
the greatest Signs of his Liege
have you thought about
al-Lat and al-Uzza
and the third one
Manat?
do you have males
and Hu has females?
that would surely be
an unfair dividing
they are nothing but names
you have named them
and your families before you
God has not sent down
any authority for them
they only follow guesses
and what they want
for themselves
yet a guiding
has come to them
from their Liege
or shall humans have
whatever they fancy?
to God belongs
the Last and the First
how many Angels there are
in the heavens
whose pleading is of no use
except after God
has given permission
to whoever Hu wills
and Hu is well pleased
those who do not believe
in the world to come
give the Angels
female names
they do not have
any knowledge about it
they only follow guesses
and guesses are of no use
when up against the truth
so turn away from those
who turn away from
remembering Us
and want only
this present life
that is as far as
their knowledge goes
surely your Liege
knows very well
those who have
gone astray
from Hu's Way
and Hu knows
those who are guided
to God belongs
whatever is in the heavens
and whatever is in the earth
so Hu may repay
those who do evil
for what they have done
and repay
those who do good
with the reward most fair
those who avoid
the worst of bad deeds
and foul acts
only making lesser mistakes
indeed your Liege
is wide in forgiving
Hu knows you well
when Hu produced you
from the earth
and when you were
not yet born
in your mothers' wombs
so do not say you are pure
God knows those who are
Mindful of God
have you thought about
those who turn their backs
and give just a little
and grudge that?
do they have
knowledge of the unseen
so they see?
or have they not been told
of what is in
the scrolls of Moses
and Abraham
who paid his debt in full
that no-one with a burden
carries the load of another
and humans will only have
what they have worked for
and that their work
will certainly be seen
then they will be repaid for it
with the maximum repayment
and that the final end
is to your Liege
and it is Hu makes to laugh
and to weep
and it is Hu makes to die
and to live
and Hu created
the two kinds
male and female
of a drop of liquid
thrown out
and upon Hu rests
the second growth
and it is Hu gives
wealth and riches
and it is Hu
is the Liege of Sirius
and Hu destroyed Ad
from before
and Thamood
and Hu did not spare them
and the people of Noah
from before
who did dreadful things
and had no respect
and the city
that was overthrown
Hu threw it down
so that it was covered
by what covered it
so which of the bounties
of your Liege
will you argue against?
this is a warning
like the warnings of old
what is nearly here
is nearly here
apart from God
no-one can uncover it
so are you not amazed
at this speech?
and do you laugh
and do you not weep
treating life as a game?
so make Sajda to God
and serve Hu