Translation of the Holy Koran by Shakir
 
Sura 53 Aya 1 to 62
 
  1   [ 53: 1 ] I swear by the star when it goes down.
  2   [ 53: 2 ] Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;
  3   [ 53: 3 ] Nor does he speak out of desire.
  4   [ 53: 4 ] It is naught but revelation that is revealed,
  5   [ 53: 5 ] The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,
  6   [ 53: 6 ] The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,
  7   [ 53: 7 ] And he is in the highest part of the horizon.
  8   [ 53: 8 ] Then he drew near, then he bowed
  9   [ 53: 9 ] So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.
  10   [ 53: 10 ] And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
  11   [ 53: 11 ] The heart was not untrue in ( making him see ) what he saw.
  12   [ 53: 12 ] What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
  13   [ 53: 13 ] And certainly he saw him in another descent,
  14   [ 53: 14 ] At the farthest lote-tree;
  15   [ 53: 15 ] Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.
  16   [ 53: 16 ] When that which covers covered the lote-tree;
  17   [ 53: 17 ] The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.
  18   [ 53: 18 ] Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
  19   [ 53: 19 ] Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,
  20   [ 53: 20 ] And Manat, the third, the last?
  21   [ 53: 21 ] What! for you the males and for Him the females!
  22   [ 53: 22 ] This indeed is an unjust division!
  23   [ 53: 23 ] They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which ( their ) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
  24   [ 53: 24 ] Or shall man have what he wishes?
  25   [ 53: 25 ] Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former ( life ).
  26   [ 53: 26 ] And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
  27   [ 53: 27 ] Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.
  28   [ 53: 28 ] And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.
  29   [ 53: 29 ] Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.
  30   [ 53: 30 ] That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.
  31   [ 53: 31 ] And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and ( that ) He may reward those who do good with goodness.
  32   [ 53: 32 ] Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards ( against evil ).
  33   [ 53: 33 ] Have you then seen him who turns his back?
  34   [ 53: 34 ] And gives a little and ( then ) withholds.
  35   [ 53: 35 ] Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
  36   [ 53: 36 ] Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?
  37   [ 53: 37 ] And ( of ) Ibrahim who fulfilled ( the commandments ):
  38   [ 53: 38 ] That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-
  39   [ 53: 39 ] And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-
  40   [ 53: 40 ] And that his striving shall soon be seen-
  41   [ 53: 41 ] Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward-
  42   [ 53: 42 ] And that to your Lord is the goal-
  43   [ 53: 43 ] And that He it is Who makes ( men ) laugh and makes ( them ) weep;
  44   [ 53: 44 ] And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-
  45   [ 53: 45 ] And that He created pairs, the male and the female
  46   [ 53: 46 ] From the small seed when it is adapted
  47   [ 53: 47 ] And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;
  48   [ 53: 48 ] And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;
  49   [ 53: 49 ] And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;
  50   [ 53: 50 ] And that He did destroy the Ad of old
  51   [ 53: 51 ] And Samood, so He spared not
  52   [ 53: 52 ] And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;
  53   [ 53: 53 ] And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,
  54   [ 53: 54 ] So there covered them that which covered.
  55   [ 53: 55 ] Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?
  56   [ 53: 56 ] This is a warner of the warners of old.
  57   [ 53: 57 ] The near event draws nigh.
  58   [ 53: 58 ] There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.
  59   [ 53: 59 ] Do you then wonder at this announcement?
  60   [ 53: 60 ] And will you laugh and not weep?
  61   [ 53: 61 ] While you are indulging in varieties.
  62   [ 53: 62 ] So make obeisance to Allah and serve ( Him ).