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(I) By the Star as it sets,
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your companion has neither strayed nor is he misguided.
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He does not speak from some whim;
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it is merely inspiration that is revealed (to him).
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Someone firm in strength has taught him,
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someone possessing such ability that he soared up
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and stood, poised at the highest (point on the) horizon.
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Then he approached and came right down,
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and stood two bow-lengths off or even closer.
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He inspired whatever he inspired in His servant.
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His vitals did not deny whatever he saw.
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Yet will you (all) distrust him about what he (actually) saw?
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He saw him in another descent
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near the Hawthorn on the Boundary
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alongside the Garden of Repose.
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When whatever covered the Hawthorn covered it,
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his eyesight did not falter nor was it carried away.
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He saw some of his Lord's greatest signs!
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Have you (all) considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza,
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and Manat the other (who ranks) in third place?
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Do you have sons while He has daughters?
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That would then be an unfair attribution!
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They are only some names which you and your forefathers have called them; God has not sent down any authority for them. They merely follow conjecture and something their souls fancy. Yet guidance has already reached them from their Lord.
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Or may man have anything he hankers for?
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Yet God still holds the Last as well as the First!
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(II) How many angels are there in Heaven whose intercession does not help in any way except after God permits it, for whomever He wishes and approves of?
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The ones who do not believe in the Hereafter call the angels by the names of females.
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Yet they have no knowledge about it; they only follow guesswork. Conjecture will not help out in any way against the Truth,
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so shun anyone who avoids mentioning Us and only wants (to enjoy) worldly life;
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that will be their range of knowledge. Your Lord is quite Aware as to who has strayed from His path, just as He is quite Aware as to who is guided;
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