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.