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                                                                                    In the Name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful. By the heaven and by the night visitor.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    Would that you knew what the night visitor is!
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    It is the star that pierces through darkness.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    For every soul there is a guardian who watches over it.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    Let man then reflect: of what he is created.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    He is created of gushing water;
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    He issues from between the loins and the chest bones.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    God is well able to bring him back [to life].
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    On the Day when consciences are tried,
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    man shall be helpless, with no supporter.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    By the heaven with its returning rain,
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    by the earth ever splitting with verdure,
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    this is surely a decisive word;
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    They devise many an artful scheme,
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    but I too have My schemes.
                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
                    
                                                                                    So give respite to the unbelievers; leave them alone for a while.