وَٱلسَّمَآءِ

وَٱلطَّارِقِ

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By the heaven and the nightly star!

And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?

˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.

There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.

Let people then consider what they were created from!

˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.¹

Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺

on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.

Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.

By the sky with its recurring cycles,

and the earth with its sprouting plants!

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,

and is not to be taken lightly.

They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans,

but I too am planning.

So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.