The Nightly Star

By the heaven and the nightly star!

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

˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.

There is a watcher over every soul.

Man should reflect on what he was created from.

˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.

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

on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.

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

By the sky and its recurring rain,

and the earth with its sprouting plants!

This is truly a decisive statement;

it is not something to be taken lightly.

They plot and scheme,

but so do I:

So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.