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I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped
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That your companion is not confused, nor has he gone astray,
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Neither does he speak of his own will.
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This is only revelation communicated,
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Bestowed on him by the Supreme Intellect,
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Lord of power and wisdom. So he acquired poise and balance,
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And reached the highest pinnacle.
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Then he drew near and drew closer
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Until a space of two bow (arcs) or even less remained,
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When He revealed to His votary what He revealed.
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His heart did not falsify what he perceived.
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Will you dispute with him what he saw?
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He saw Him indeed another time
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By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass,
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Close to which is the Garden of Tranquility,
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When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over;
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Neither did sight falter nor exceed the bounds.
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Indeed he saw some of the greatest signs of His Lord.
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Have you considered Lat and 'Uzza,
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And Manat, the other third (of the pagan deities)?
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Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him?
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This is certainly an unjust apportioning.
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These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord.
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Can ever man get what he desires?
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To God belong the End and the Beginning.
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Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God's permission for whomsoever He please and approve.
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Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels names of females.
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Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth.
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So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world:
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This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance.
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