53:2Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred.

53:3Nor does he speak out of desire.

53:11The heart did not lie about what it saw.

53:13He saw him on another descent.

53:17The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed.

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.

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

53:27Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females.

53:28They have no knowledge of that. They only follow assumptions, and assumptions are no substitute for the truth.

53:29So avoid him who has turned away from Our remembrance, and desires nothing but the present life.

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.

53:32Those 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.

53:35Does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and can therefore foresee?

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

53:38That no soul bears the burdens of another soul.

53:51And Thamood, sparing no one.

53:52And the people of Noah before that; for they were most unjust and most oppressive.

53:58None besides God can unveil it.

53:60And laugh, and do not weep?