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86. At-Tariq - The Night Comer
| 1 | By heaven and the night-star! |
| 2 | And what shall teach thee what is the night-star? |
| 3 | The piercing star! |
| 4 | Over every soul there is a watcher. |
| 5 | So let man consider of what he was created; |
| 6 | he was created of gushing water |
| 7 | issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. |
| 8 | Surely He is able to bring him back |
| 9 | upon the day when the secrets are tried, |
| 10 | and he shall have no strength, no helper. |
| 11 | By heaven of the returning rain, |
| 12 | by earth splitting with verdure, |
| 13 | surely it is a decisive word; |
| 14 | it is no merriment. |
| 15 | They are devising guile, |
| 16 | and I am devising guile. |
| 17 | So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. |