4 It is naught but revelation that is revealed — |
5 One Mighty in Power has taught him, |
6 The Lord of Strength. So he attained to perfection, |
7 And he is in the highest part of the horizon. |
8 Then he drew near, drew nearer yet, |
9 So he was the measure of two bows or closer still. |
10 So He revealed to His servant what He revealed. |
11 The heart was not untrue in seeing what he saw. |
12 Do you then dispute with him as to what he saw? |
13 And certainly he saw Him in another descent, |
14 At the farthest lote-tree. |
15 Near it is the Garden of Abode. |
16 When that which covers covered the lote-tree; |
17 The eye turned not aside, nor did it exceed the limit. |
18 Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord. |
19 Have you then considered Lāt and ‘Uzzā, |
20 And another, the third, Manāt? |
21 Are the males for you and for Him the females? |
22 This indeed is an unjust division! |
23 They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers — Allāh has sent no authority for them. They follow but conjecture and what (their) souls desire. And certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord. |
24 Or shall man have what he wishes? |
25 But for Allāh is the Hereafter and the former (life). |
26 And how many angels are in the heavens, whose intercession avails naught except after Allāh gives permission to whom He pleases and chooses. |
27 Surely those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names. |