الطارق At-Tariq · The Morning Star

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

   By the heaven and the Morning Star

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   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

   - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

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   ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

   - The piercing Star!

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   إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

   No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

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   فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

   So let man consider from what he is created.

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   خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

   He is created from a gushing fluid

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   يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

   That issued from between the loins and ribs.

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   إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

   Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

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   يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

   On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

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    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

    Then will he have no might nor any helper.

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    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

    By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

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    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

    And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

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    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

    Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

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    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

    It is no pleasantry.

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    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

    Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

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    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

    And I plot a plot (against them).

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    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

    So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.