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| وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ {١} |
1. I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ {٢} |
2. How will you comprehend what the night star is? |
| النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ {٣} |
3. It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- |
| إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ {٤} |
4. That over each soul there is a guardian. |
| فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ {٥} |
5. Let man consider what he was made of: |
| خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ {٦} |
6. He was created of spurting water |
| يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ {٧} |
7. Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs. |
| إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ {٨} |
8. God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). |
| يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ {٩} |
9. The day all secrets are examined |
| فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ {١٠} |
10. He will have no strength or helper. |
| وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ {١١} |
11. So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, |
| وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ {١٢} |
12. And the earth which opens up (with verdure), |
| إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ {١٣} |
13. That this (Qur´an) is a decisive word |
| وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ {١٤} |
14. And no trifle. |
| إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا {١٥} |
15. They are hatching up a plot, |
| وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا {١٦} |
16. But I too am devising a plan. |
| فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا {١٧} |
17. So bear with unbelievers with patience, and give them respite for a while. |
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