53:4It is but a revelation revealed.

53:10Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

53:12Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw?

53:15Near which is the Garden of Repose.

53:18He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord.

53:22What a bizarre distribution.

53:23These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which God sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.

53:24Or is the human being to have whatever he desires?

53:26How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves?

53:30That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance.

53:31To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He will repay those who do evil according to their deeds, and recompense those who do good with the best.

53:32Those who avoid gross sins and indecencies—except for minor lapses—your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well, ever since He created you from the earth, and ever since you were embryos in your mothers’ wombs. So do not acclaim your own virtue; He is fully aware of the righteous.

53:36Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses?

53:40And that his efforts will be witnessed.

53:42And that to your Lord is the finality.

53:43And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping.

53:44And that it is He who gives death and life.

53:45And that it is He who created the two kinds—the male and the female.

53:47And that upon Him is the next existence.

53:48And that it is He who enriches and impoverishes.

53:49And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

53:50And that it is He who destroyed the first Aad.

53:56This is a warning, just like the first warnings.

53:57The inevitable is imminent.

53:59Do you marvel at this discourse?