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[I swear] by the star when it sets!
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Your companion did not lose his way and did not go astray!
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He does not speak for himself,
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but reveals the inspiration that inspired him.
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He was taught by someone great in power,
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full of wisdom, who stood upright
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in the highest horizon.
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Then he descended and approached
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within two bow shots or nearer,
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and inspired to His servant what He inspired.
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His heart did not deceive him about what he saw!
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So, why do you argue with him about his vision?
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He saw [the Spirit] at the second descent
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by the farthest Sidrah-tree
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near the Garden of Salvation,
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by the Sidrah-tree enshrouded in what enshrouded it.
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His eyes neither strayed nor faltered.
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Verily, he saw the greatest Sign of his Lord! II. Eschatology and Apocalypsis
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And you, have you seen [the goddesses] Al-lat and Al-’Uzza,
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and the third one, Manat?
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Is it possible that male [children] are for you, and the female are for Him?
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Unfair is such a distinction!
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These are nothing but names that you and your fathers gave them. God did not send any authority down to them. They follow nothing but guesses and their souls’ desires, albeit they have received the Guidance of their Lord!
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Will man ever get all he wants?
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To God belongs the beginning and the end!
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Whatever the number of Angels in Heaven, their intercession would be worthless if God did not allow it to whom He pleases and to whom He approves of.
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Verily, only those who deny the Hereafter name Angels after females.
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They have no knowledge about it, they only guess, but guesses cannot prevail against the Truth!
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— [O Muhammad!] Withdraw from those who turn away from Our Reminder, who crave only the life of this world.
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Their knowledge stops there! Verily, God knows best who strayed from His path, and He knows best who accepted the Guidance.
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