By the Star when it setteth

Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived

Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire

It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired

Which one of mighty powers hath taught him

One vigorous; and he grew clear to view

When he was on the uppermost horizon

Then he drew nigh and came down

Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer

And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed

The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw

Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth

And verily he saw him yet another time

By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary

Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode

When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree

The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold

Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord

Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza

And Manat, the third, the other

Are yours the males and His the females

That indeed were an unfair division

They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them

Or shall man have what he coveteth

But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former

And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth