The Morning Star, The Nightcomer — Bijan Moeinian Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Comer by Night

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

God hereby swears by the awesomeness of the sky…

Waalssama-i waalttariqi

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

and the shining star of the morning that nobody know its nature and…

Wama adraka ma alttariqu

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

its light is penetrating throughout the universe

Alnnajmu alththaqibu

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

That every soul has a protector

In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

O’ mankind, God is asking you to think for a while from what you are created

Falyanthuri al-insanu mimma khuliqa

خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ

From a tiny insignificant…

Khuliqa min ma-in dafiqin

يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

… sperm [that may be seen only with a powerful microscope] created between the back bone and the rib

Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttara-ibi

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

The same God Who created man out of nothing can surely summon him (after his death) to meet his Creator

Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

On that day there shall be…

Yawma tubla alssara-iru

فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

… no such thing as manifest and hidden and man will have neither the power nor a helper

Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

I (God) swear by the same sky…

Waalssama-i thati alrrajAAi

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

… that returns the water back to the earth and by the earth which opens up (by the force of the growing vegetation) that…

Waal-ardi thati alssadAAi

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

this scripture is not…

Innahu laqawlun faslun

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

…. something to be taken for lightly

Wama huwa bialhazli

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

The disbelievers constantly scheme wicked plans (to discredit this Qur’an)

Innahum yakeedoona kaydan

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

The disbelievers do not realize that I (God) too have a plan of mine

Waakeedu kaydan

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا

In this game, the disbelievers are given enough time to ridicule themselves; so let them do their best

Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan

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