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BY the heaven, and by the NIGHT-COMER!
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But who shall teach thee what the night-comer is?
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'Tis the star of piercing radiance.
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Over every soul is set a guardian.
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Let man then reflect out of what he was created.
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He was created of the poured-forth germs,
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Which issue from the loins and breastbones:
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Well able then is God to restore him to life,-
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On the day when all secrets shall be searched out,
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And he shall have no other might or helper.
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I swear by the heaven which accomplisheth its cycle,
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And by the earth which openeth her bosom,
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That this Koran is a discriminating discourse,
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And that it is not frivolous.
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They plot a plot against thee,
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And I will plot a plot against them.
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Deal calmly therefore with the infidels; leave them awhile alone.
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