Surah “The Morning Star, The Nightcomer”

as rendered by Aisha Bewley — 17 verses

By Heaven and the Night-Comer!
And what will convey to you what the Night-Comer is?
The Piercing Star!
There is no self which has no guardian over it.
Man has only to look at what he was created from.
He was created from a spurting fluid,
emerging from between the back-bone and the breast-bone.
He certainly has the power to return him to life.
on the Day when the secrets are sought out
and man will have no strength or helper.
By Heaven with its cyclical systems
and the earth with its splitting seeds,
it is truly a Decisive Word.
It is no joke.
They are hatching a plot.
I too am hatching a plot.
So bear with the kafirun — bear with them for a while.