085.018 Y:  Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?

P:  Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?

S:  Of Firon and Samood?

085.019 Y:  And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!

P:  Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

S:  Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the truth.

085.020 Y:  But Allah doth encompass them from behind!

P:  And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

S:  And Allah encompasses them on every side.

085.021 Y:  Nay, this is a Glorious Qur’an,

P:  Nay, but it is a glorious Qur’an.

S:  Nay! it is a glorious Quran,

085.022 Y:  (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!

P:  On a guarded tablet.

S:  In a guarded tablet.

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Chapter 86: 

At-Tariq (the morning star, the NIGHTCOMER)
Total Verses:  17 Revealed At:  Makka

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

086.001 Y:  By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);-

P:  By the heaven and the Morning Star

S:  I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;

086.002 Y:  And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?-

P:  — Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

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

086.003 Y:  (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;-

P:  — The piercing Star!

S:  The star of piercing brightness;

086.004 Y:  There is no soul but has a protector over it.

P:  No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

S:  There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.

086.005 Y:  Now let man but think from what he is created!

P:  So let man consider from what he is created.

S:  So let man consider of what he is created: 

086.006 Y:  He is created from a drop emitted-

P:  He is created from a gushing fluid

S:  He is created of water pouring forth,

086.007 Y:  Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 

P:  That issued from between the loins and ribs.

S:  Coming from between the back and the ribs.

086.008 Y:  Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!

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

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

086.009 Y:  The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,

P:  On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

S:  On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,

086.010 Y:  (Man) will have no power, and no helper.