Al Tariq

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star

Shakir

1 I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;

Pickthall

2 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

Shakir

2 And what will make you know what the comer by night is?

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3 - The piercing Star!

Shakir

3 The star of piercing brightness;

Pickthall

4 No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

Shakir

4 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.

Pickthall

5 So let man consider from what he is created.

Shakir

5 So let man consider of what he is created:

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6 He is created from a gushing fluid

Shakir

6 He is created of water pouring forth,

Pickthall

7 That issued from between the loins and ribs.

Shakir

7 Coming from between the back and the ribs.

Pickthall

8 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

Shakir

8 Most surely He is able to return him (to life).

Pickthall

9 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

Shakir

9 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,

Pickthall

10 Then will he have no might nor any helper.

Shakir

10 He shall have neither strength nor helper.

Pickthall

11 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

Shakir

11 I swear by the raingiving heavens,

Pickthall

12 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

Shakir

12 And the earth splitting (with plants);

Pickthall

13 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

Shakir

13 Most surely it is a decisive word,

Pickthall

14 It is no pleasantry.

Shakir

14 And it is no joke.

Pickthall

15 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

Shakir

15 Surely they will make a scheme,

Pickthall

16 And I plot a plot (against them).

Shakir

16 And I (too) will make a scheme.

Pickthall

17 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

Shakir

17 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.