The Star
 
Seest thou one
Who truns back,

Gives a little,
Then heardens (his heart)?

What! Has he knowledge
Of the Unseen
So that he can see?

Nay, is he not acquainted
With what is in the books
Of Moses -

And of Abraham
Who fulfilled his engagements?

Namely, that no bearer
Of burdens can bear
The burden of another;

That man can have nothing
But what he strives for;

That (the fruit of) his striving
Will soon come in sight;

Then will he be rewarded
With a reward complete;

That to thy Lord
Is the final Goal;

That it is He who
Granteth Laughter and Tears;

That it is He who
Granteth Death and Life;

That He did create
In pairs male and female,

From a seed when lodged
(In its place);

That He hath promised
A Second Creation
(Raising of the Dead);

That it is He Who
Giveth wealth and satisfaction;

That He is the Lord
Of Sirius (the Mighty Star);

And that it is He
Who destroyed the (powerful)
Ancient `Ad (people),

And the Thamud,
Nor gave them a lease
Of perpetual life.

And before them,
The people of Noah,
For that they were (all)
Most unjust
And most insolent transgressors.

And He destroyed
The Overthrown Cities
(Of Sodom and Gomorrah),

So that (ruins unknown)
Have covered them up.

Then which of the gifts
Of thy Lord (O man)
Wilt thou dispute about?

This is a Warner,
Of the (series of) Warners
Of old!

The (Judgment) ever approaching
Draws nigh:
No (soul) but Allah
Can lay it bare.

Do ye then wonder
At this recital?

And will ye laugh
And not weep, -

Wasting your time
In vanities?

But fall ye down in prostration
To Allah and adore (Him)!