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