وَٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلطَّارِقِ١

By the sky and the night comer

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

It is the piercing star¹

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

So let man observe from what he was created.

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,¹

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

By the sky which sends back¹

And [by] the earth which splits,¹

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

And it is not amusement.

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

But I am planning a plan.

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.¹