The Morning Star, The Nightcomer — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Comer by Night

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

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BY THE heaven, and by the nightly visitant

Waalssama-i waalttariqi

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

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Would that you knew what the nightly visitant is

Wama adraka ma alttariqu

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

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It is the star of piercing brightness

Alnnajmu alththaqibu

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

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For every soul there is a guardian

In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

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Let man reflect from what he is created

Falyanthuri al-insanu mimma khuliqa

خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ

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he was created from an ejaculated flui

Khuliqa min ma-in dafiqin

يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

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that issues from between the loins and the ribs

Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttara-ibi

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

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Surely He has power to bring him back

Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

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on the day when consciences are searched

Yawma tubla alssara-iru

فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

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Helpless shall he be, with none to succour him

Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

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By the heaven with its recurring cycles

Waalssama-i thati alrrajAAi

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

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and by the earth, ever bursting with new growth

Waal-ardi thati alssadAAi

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

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this¹ is a discerning utterance

Innahu laqawlun faslun

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

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no flippant jest

Wama huwa bialhazli

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

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They scheme and scheme

Innahum yakeedoona kaydan

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

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and I, too, scheme and scheme

Waakeedu kaydan

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا

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Therefore bear with the unbelievers, and let them be awhile

Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan

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