The Nightcommer
Surah
At-Tariq
86

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By the heaven and the nightly star!

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And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?

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˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.

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There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.

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Let people then consider what they were created from!

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˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

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stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.1

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Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺

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on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.

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Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.

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