| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The Morning Star, The Nightcomer(at-Tariq)
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| 86:1 | | CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night |
| 86:1 | | CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night |
| 86:2 | | And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night |
| 86:2 | | And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night |
| 86:3 | | It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness |
| 86:3 | | It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness |
| 86:4 | | [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded |
| 86:4 | | [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded |
| 86:5 | | LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created |
| 86:5 | | LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created |
| 86:6 | | he has been created out of a seminal flui |
| 86:6 | | he has been created out of a seminal flui |
| 86:7 | | issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman] |
| 86:7 | | issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman] |
| 86:8 | | Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] |
| 86:8 | | Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] |
| 86:9 | | on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare |
| 86:9 | | on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare |
| 86:10 | | and [man] will have neither strength nor helper |
| 86:10 | | and [man] will have neither strength nor helper |
| 86:11 | | Consider the heavens, ever-revolving |
| 86:11 | | Consider the heavens, ever-revolving |
| 86:12 | | and the earth, bursting forth with plants |
| 86:12 | | and the earth, bursting forth with plants |
| 86:13 | | BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood |
| 86:13 | | BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood |
| 86:14 | | and is no idle tale |
| 86:14 | | and is no idle tale |
| 86:15 | | Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth] |
| 86:15 | | Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth] |
| 86:16 | | but I shall bring all their scheming to nought |
| 86:16 | | but I shall bring all their scheming to nought |
| 86:17 | | Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while |
| 86:17 | | Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while |
