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1.  *     By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);-     CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!*     And/by the sky/space, and/by the Night Comer/star (Morning Star).     swr+ alTarq  bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ? walsma' walTarq
 
2.  *     And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?-     And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?     And what made you know/informed you what the Night Comer/star (Morning Star is)?     wmaadrak maalTarq
 
3.  *     (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;-     It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:     The star/planet, the lit/penetrating.     alnjm alxaqb
 
4.  *     There is no soul but has a protector over it.     [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.*     That truly every/each self (is) except on it a protector/safe keeper.     an kl nfs lma `lyha HafZ
 
5.  *     Now let man but think from what he is created!     LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:     So the human/mankind should look/see from what he was created.     flynZr alansan mm Klq
 
6.  *     He is created from a drop emitted-     he has been created out of a seminal fluid     He was created from water pouring/flowing forcefully.     Klq mn ma' dafq
 
7.  *     Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:     issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].*     It emerges/appears from between the spine and the rib bones.     yKrj mn byn alSlb waltraYb
 
8.  *     Surely ((Allah)) is able to bring him back (to life)!     Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]     That He truly (is) on returning him capable/able (E).     anh `li rj`h lqadr
 
9.  *     The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,     on the Day when all I secrets will be laid bare,     A day/time the secrets/intentions be tested.     ywm tbli alsraYr
 
10.  *     (Man) will have no power, and no helper.     and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!     So (there is) no strength/power, and nor victorior/savior for him.     fmalh mn qw+ wlanaSr
 
11.  *     By the Firmament which returns (in its round),     Consider* the heavens, ever-revolving,     And the sky/space that of the rain after rain/benefit.     walsma' Xat alrj`
 
12.  *     And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),-     and the earth, bursting forth with plants!     And the earth/Planet Earth that of the split/separation/geological rift-fault line.     walarD Xat alSd`
 
13.  *     Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):     BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,*     That it truly is a word/statement (of) judgment/partition (decisive).     anh lqwl fSl
 
14.  *     It is not a thing for amusement.     and is no idle tale.     And it is not with (of) the joke/fun.     wmahw balhzl
 
15.  *     As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,     Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument* [to disprove its truth];     That they truly plot/conspire a plot/conspiracy.     anhm ykydwn kyda
 
16.  *     And I am planning a scheme.     but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.*     And I plot/conspire a plot/conspiracy.     wakyd kyda
 
17.  *     Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).     Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while!     So delay/give time (to) the disbelievers, delay them/give them time slowly/gently.     fmhl alkafryn amhlhm rwyda