| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ الله الرَّحمٰن الرَّحِیم
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| By the sky, by the nightly visitor, (1)
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وَالسَّماءِ وَالطّارِقِ(١)
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| (and what will show you what is the nightly visitor? (2)
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وَما أَدراكَ مَا الطّارِقُ(٢)
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| It is the brilliant star): (3)
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النَّجمُ الثّاقِبُ(٣)
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| there is a guard[1] over every soul. (4)
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إِن كُلُّ نَفسٍ لَمّا عَلَيها حافِظٌ(٤)
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| So let man consider from what he was created. (5)
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فَليَنظُرِ الإِنسانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ(٥)
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| He was created from an effusing fluid (6)
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خُلِقَ مِن ماءٍ دافِقٍ(٦)
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| which issues from between the loins and the breast-bones. (7)
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يَخرُجُ مِن بَينِ الصُّلبِ وَالتَّرائِبِ(٧)
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| Indeed He is able to bring him back [after death], (8)
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إِنَّهُ عَلىٰ رَجعِهِ لَقادِرٌ(٨)
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| on the day when the secrets are examined, (9)
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يَومَ تُبلَى السَّرائِرُ(٩)
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| and he shall have neither power nor helper. (10)
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فَما لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلا ناصِرٍ(١٠)
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| By the resurgent sky,[2](11)
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وَالسَّماءِ ذاتِ الرَّجعِ(١١)
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| by the furrowed earth: (12)
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وَالأَرضِ ذاتِ الصَّدعِ(١٢)
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| it is indeed a decisive word, (13)
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إِنَّهُ لَقَولٌ فَصلٌ(١٣)
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| and it is not a jest. (14)
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وَما هُوَ بِالهَزلِ(١٤)
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| Indeed they are devising a stratagem, (15)
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إِنَّهُم يَكيدونَ كَيدًا(١٥)
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| and I [too] am devising a plan. (16)
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وَأَكيدُ كَيدًا(١٦)
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| So respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite. (17)[3]
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فَمَهِّلِ الكافِرينَ أَمهِلهُم رُوَيدًا(١٧)
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