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1. He (may He be glorified) swore by the star when it descends.

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2. Muhammad (peace be upon him) the Messenger of Allah did not deviate from the path of guidance nor did he go astray, but rather he is rightly-guided.

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53:1] By the Star — the constellation Pleiades ( al-thurayya ) — when it sets, [when] it disappears, [53:2] your companion, Muhammad (s), may God bless him and grant him peace, has neither gone aflray, from the path of guidance, nor has he erred, nor has he engaged in error ( al-ghayy is ignorance that results from a false belief); [53:3] nor does he, in regard to what he brings you, tpeak out of [his own] desire, [out of] the whims of his soul. [53:4] It is but a revelation that is revealed, to him, [53:5] it is, taught to him by, an angel, one of awesome power, [ 53:6] possessed of vi…

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3. And he did not speak this Qur’ān out of following his desires.

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4. This Qur’ān is nothing but a revelation which Allah revealed to him through the medium of Gabriel (peace be upon him)

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5. An angel of great strength, Gabriel (peace be upon him), taught him it.

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6. And Gabriel (peace be upon him) is of excellent form, so he rose up appearing to the Prophet (peace be upon him) in his form in which Allah created him.

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7. Whilst he was on the highest horizon.

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8. Then Gabriel (peace be upon him) came close to the Prophet (peace be upon him), then he came even closer.

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e down to him in human form. [53:8] Then he drew near, he came close to him, and drew closer flill, [53:9] until he was, from him [the Prophet], within the length of two bows away or [even] nearer, than that, until he [the Prophet] had regained consciousness and his fright had subsided, [53:10] whereat He, [God] exalted be He, revealed to His servant, Gabriel, what he, Gabriel, revealed, to the Prophet (s); the thing being revealed is not mentioned [explicitly] in exaltation of its [great] status. [53:11] 77 ie heart, the heart of the Prophet, did not deny (read khadhaba or kadhdhaba ) wh…

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9. So his closeness to him was the distance of two bow lengths or even closer.

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10. So Gabriel (peace be upon him) revealed to Allah’s servant, Muhammad (peace be upon him), what he revealed.

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11. The heart of Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not lie about what his eye saw.

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12. So do you, O idolaters, argue with him about what he saw on the night he was taken on the journey?

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did not deny (read khadhaba or kadhdhaba ) what he saw, with his own eyes of the image of Gabriel. [53:12] Will you then dispute with him, will you [then] argue with him and [hope to] overwhelm him, concerning what he saw? — an address to the idolaters who denied the Prophet s (s) vision of Gabriel. [53:13] And verily he saw him, in his [true] image, another time, [53:14] by the Lote-tree of the Ultimate Boundary, when he was carried on the night journey [up] through the heavens — this [lote-tree] is a nabk thorn-tree [that lies] to the right of the Throne (‘arsh ), [the tree] beyond whi…

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13. And Muhammad (peace be upon him) had seen Gabriel (peace be upon him) in his true form another time on the night he was taken for the journey.

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14. By the lote tree of the utmost boundary, which is a tree on the seventh heaven.

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15. By this tree is the Garden of Refuge.

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16. When the lote tree was covered through the command of Allah by something great whose true nature only Allah knows.

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ch is the Garden of the Retreat, to which the angels, the spirits of martyrs and the pious retreat; [53:16] when there shrouded the Lote-tree that which shrouded [it], of flying creatures and other [be¬ ings] (idh, ‘when, is operated by ra’ahu, ‘he saw him’), [53:17] The eye did not swerve, on the part of the Prophet (s), nor did it go beyond [the bounds], that is to say, his gaze did not turn away from the objecft of vision designated for it, nor did it go beyond that [objed] on that night. [53:18] Verily he saw, in it, some of the greatest signs of his Lord, [some of] the most awesome…

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17. The eye of Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not swerve left or right, nor did it trespass what was fixed for it.

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18. Muhammad (peace be upon him) saw on the night he was raised great signs of his Lord which show His power. He saw Paradise, hell and other things.

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19. Have you, O idolaters, seen these idols that you worship besides Allah: Lat and Uzza

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( rafraf) that obscured the [entire] horizon of the heaven and Gabriel with his six hundred wings. [53:19] Have you considered al-Lat and al- c Uzzd,

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20. And Manat, another third one amongst your idols? Tell me do they possess any benefit or harm for him?

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21. O idolaters, do you have boys whom you like, whilst He (may He be glorified) has girls which you dislike?

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t the angels were God’s daughters, despite their aversion to daughters, the following was revealed: [53:21] Are you to have males, and He females? [53:22] That, then, would indeed be an unfair division! (dizan, ‘unfair’, derives from dazahu, yadizuhu, to mean: ‘he wronged him’, ‘he was unjust to him).

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22. This distribution which you made with your desires is an unjust distribution.

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23. These idols are nothing but names without meaning, so they have no share of divine qualities. You and your fathers named them on your own part. Allah did not reveal any proof for them. The idolaters do not follow in their belief except assumption and what their souls desire from what the satan has adorned in their hearts. And the guidance has come to them from their Lord on the tongue of Muhammad (peace be upon him), but they were not guided.

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(dizan, ‘unfair’, derives from dazahu, yadizuhu, to mean: ‘he wronged him’, ‘he was unjust to him). [53:23] These, that is, the mentioned [deities], are nothingbut names which you have named, by which you have named, you and your fathers, idols that you worship. God has not revealed any warrant, [any] proof or evidence, for them, that is to say, [for] the worship of them.…

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24. Or will man have what he desired i.e., the idols interceding with Allah?

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d, by the tongue of the Prophet (s), with definitive proof; yet they do not desist from their ways. [53:24] Or shall man, that is, shall every human being among them, have whatever he wishes for?, such as [their wish] that the idols intercede for them. [No!] It is not so. [53:25] Yet to God belong the Hereafter and the former [life], that is to say, [the life of] the world, and so nothing comes to pass in them except what He, exalted, wills.

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25. No, he will not have what he desired. For Allah alone is the afterlife and the first [life]; He grants of them whatever He wishes and withholds whatever He wishes.

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26. How many angels are there in the heavens whose intercession cannot help at all if they were to intend to help someone, except after Allah permits intercession for whom He wishes among them and He is pleased with the one being interceded for. Allah will never permit one who associates a partner with Him to intercede and He will never be pleased with the one he is interceding for who worships him besides Allah.

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say, [the life of] the world, and so nothing comes to pass in them except what He, exalted, wills. [53:26] And how many an angel, that is to say, many an angel, there is in the heavens, and how honoured they are in God’s sight [but], whose intercession cannot avail in any way except after God gives permis¬ sion, to them for this [intercession], for whomever He wills, of His servants, and, with whom, He is sat¬ isfied, because of His saying: and they do not intercede except for him with whom He is satisfied [Q. 21:28].…

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27. Those who do not believe in the resurrection in the afterlife give the angels female names in their belief that they are the daughters of Allah. Allah is far above what they say.

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for it has been granted: who is there that shall intercede with Him save with His leave [Q. 2:255]. [53:27] Truly those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females, for they say: ‘They are God’s daughters’. [53:28] But they do not have any knowledge thereof, of this claim.…

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28. In giving them female names they have no knowledge to base this on. They merely follow speculation. Speculation is of no value against the truth, to take its place.

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29. So, O Messenger, ignore those who turn away from Allah’s remembrance without showing any concern for it, and who want only the life of this world and therefore do not work for their Hereafter because they do not believe in it.

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30. That which the idolaters say - about giving the angels female names - is the limit of their knowledge because they are ignorant. They have not reached certainty. Your Lord - O Messenger- knows best about those who deviate from the path of truth and He knows best about those who are guided to its path. Nothing of that is hidden from Him.

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life of this world — this was [revealed] before the command to struggle [against the disbelievers]. [53:30] That, namely, the desire of this world, is the full extent of their knowledge, that is, the limit of 1 According to certain mystical cosmologies, the malakiit represents the second Nation, the realm of angelic beings, at which a 3 j)irit arrives once it has left the nasut , equated with the earthly, animal’, ftation.…

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31. To Allah alone belongs whatever is in the heavens and to Him alone belongs whatever is on earth. He created, owns and controls all of it. To recompense whose who do evil actions in the world with the punishment that they deserve and to repay the believers who do good actions with Paradise.

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and He knows beTt those who are [ rightly] guided: He has knowledge of both and will requite both. [53:31] And to God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that is, He owns [all of] that, among which [also] are the misguided one and the [rightly] guided one, leading affray whomever He will and guiding whomever He will, that He may requite those who do evil for what they have done, by way of idolatry and otherwise, and reward those who are virtuous, by [their] affirmation of [God’s] Oneness and other acfts of obedience, with the beTt [reward], namely, Paradise.…

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32. Those who stay away from major sins and evil wrongs, besides minor sins as these are forgiven by leaving out the major ones and by an abundance of good deeds. Your Lord, O Messenger, is of vast forgiveness. He forgives the sins of His servants when they repent from them. He, (may He be glorified), knew best about their states and affairs when He created their father, Adam, from earth and when you were in the wombs of your mothers, being created in one form after another. Nothing of that is hidden from Him. So do not claim purity for your souls by praising them and asserting their piety.…

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cfts of obedience, with the beTt [reward], namely, Paradise. He points out ‘the virtuous’ as being: [53:32] Those who avoid grave sins and abominations, excepting lesser offences, that is, minor sins, such as a look, a kiss or a touch (this constitutes a discontinuous exception, in other words the meaning is: but lesser offences are forgiven by the avoidance of grave sins). Truly your Lord is of vaTt forgiveness, for such [lesser sins] and for accepting repentance. The following was revealed regarding those who used to say, ‘[What of] our prayers, our faffing, and our pilgrimage!’.…

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33. Have you seen the evil state of the one who turned away from Islam after coming close to it?

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34. He gave a little wealth and then held back, because miserliness was an innate quality in him. Despite this he declares his soul to be pure.

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35. Does he have knowledge of the Ghaib and therefore sees and speaks about the Ghaib?

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36. Or is he fabricating against Allah? Or has this person, who makes up lies about Allah, not been informed about what was in the earlier scriptures that Allah had revealed to Moses?

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37. And the scriptures of Abraham who fulfilled everything His Lord tasked him with?

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not been informed of what is in the scrolls of Moses, the books of the Torah, or scrolls before it, [53:37] and, the scrolls of, Abraham who fulfilled [his summons], [he who] completed what he had been charged with, as in: And when his Lord teTted Abraham with certain words and he fulfilled them [Q.…

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38. That no person will bear the sin of another.

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39. And that man will only obtain the reward of the action that he did.

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40. And that his action will be openly seen on the Day of Judgement.

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[deeds], and so he shall not have anything of [the reward for] good [deeds] ftriven for by another; [53:40] and that his endeavour will be seen, it will be indebted in the Hereafter, [53:41] then he will be rewarded for it with thefulleTt reward, the moft perfecft [reward] (one may say jazaytuhu sa'yahu or [ jazaytuhu ] bi-sayihi [to mean the same thing]), [53:42] and that (read wa-anna as a supplement; it is also read wa-inna as the beginning of a new sen¬ tence; and the same applies to what comes after it, in which case, according to this second [reading], these [inna statements] no lo…

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41. Then he will be given the recompense of his action in full without reduction.

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42. And that to your Lord, O Messenger, will be the return and destination of the servants after they die.

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43. And that He makes whoever He wills happy and makes him laugh, and makes whoever He wills sad and makes him cry.

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end, the return and the destination after death, is toward your Lord, whereat He will requite them; [53:43] and that it is He Who makes to laugh, whomever He will He makes joyous, and makes to weep, whomever He will He makes him sorrowful, [ 5 3:44] and that it is He Who brings death, in this world, and gives life, for resurrection, [ 53 : 45 ] an d that He [Himself] creates the two spouses, the two kinds, the male and the female, [53:4 6] from a drop [of semen] once it is emitted, [once] it is poured forth into the womb, [53:47] and that with Him reSts the second genesis (read al-nashaa…

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44. And that He causes the living to die in the world and brings the dead to life by resurrection.

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45. And that He created the two types: Male and female.

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46. From a drop when it is placed in the womb.

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47. And that He will undertake to recreate them after they die for the resurrection.

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48. And that He enriches whichever of His servants He wills by making him the owner of wealth and He gives wealth that people take as possessions they acquire.

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49. And that He is the Lord of Sirius, the star that is worshipped by some idolaters together with Allah.

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50. And that He destroyed the first Ad, who were the people of Hud when they persisted in their disbelief.

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51. And He destroyed the Thamud, the people of Salih, and did not spare any one of them.

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his [former one] refers to the people of‘Ad, while the second [‘Ad] is that of the people of Salih) [53:51] and Thamud ( wa-Thamuda: maybe declined, as the name of their forefather, or left as a diptote, being the name of the tribe; it is a supplement to Adan) sparing not, a single one of them; [53:52] and the people of Noah before that, that is to say, before ‘Ad and Thamud, We [also] destroyed them; indeed they were more unjust and more insolent, than ‘Ad and Thamud, because of the long time that Noah remained among them: and he remained among them a thousand-less-fifty years [Q.…

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52. He destroyed the people of Noah before the Ad and Thamud. The people of Noah were more unjust and transgressed even more than the Ad and Thamud, because Noah lived amongst them for nine hundred and fifty years inviting them to Allah’s oneness but they did not respond to him.

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53. He raised the villages of the people of Lot to the sky and then dropped them to ground.

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54. He then covered them with stones after raising them to the sky and dropping them to the ground.

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55. So which of the signs of your Lord indicating His power do you dispute with, O man, and not take a lesson from?

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56. This messenger that is sent to you is from the class of the earlier messengers.

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es] which indicate His Oneness and power, do you dispute?, do you have doubt about, O man, or deny? [53:56] This, Muhammad (s), is a Warner, [in the tradition] of the warners of old, of their kind, that is to say, he is a messenger like messengers before him, sent to you juSt as they were sent to their peoples. [53:57] The Impending [Hour] is imminent: the Resurrection is near at hand. [53:58] None, [no] soul, besides God can disclose it, that is to say, only He can disclose it and manifest it, as where He says: He alone shall reveal it, at its proper time [Q.…

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57. The Day of Standing has drawn nearer.

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58. There is no one that can push it back and no one to uncover it besides Allah.

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59. Do you marvel at this Qur’ān that is recited to you, that it is from Allah?

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60. And laugh mockingly at it and not cry when hearing its admonitions?

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

urse, the Qur’an, [53:60] and laugh, mockingly, and not weep, when you hear its Promise and Threat, [53:61] while you remain oblivious?, unmindful and heedless of what is required of you. [53:62] So prostrate to God, Who created you, and worship Him!, and do not prostrate to idols, nor worship them. Meccan, except for verse 45, which is Medinese; it consists of 55 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [54:1] The Hour has drawn near, the Resurrection is close at hand, and the moon has fplit, it broke in two at [Mount] Abu Qubays and Qu'ayqa'an, 1 as a sign for the…

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61. Whilst you are neglectful of it, not giving it any attention?

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

Threat, [53:61] while you remain oblivious?, unmindful and heedless of what is required of you. [53:62] So prostrate to God, Who created you, and worship Him!, and do not prostrate to idols, nor worship them. Meccan, except for verse 45, which is Medinese; it consists of 55 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [54:1] The Hour has drawn near, the Resurrection is close at hand, and the moon has fplit, it broke in two at [Mount] Abu Qubays and Qu'ayqa'an, 1 as a sign for the Prophet (s), for it had been demanded of him, and [when it took place] he said, ‘Bear witness…

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62. So prostrate to Allah alone, and dedicate your worship to Him.

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