# Sura  86 - The Night-Comer

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> 86. at-Tariq: The Night-Comer
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> 1 By the heaven and the Morning Star 
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> 2 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 
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> 3 - The piercing Star! 
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> 4 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 
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> 5 So let man consider from what he is created. 
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> 6 He is created from a gushing fluid 
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> 7 That issued from between the loins and ribs. 
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> 8 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life) 
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> 9 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 
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> 10 Then will he have no might nor any helper. 
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> 11 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain, 
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> 12 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 
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> 13 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, 
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> 14 It is no pleasantry. 
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> 15 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 
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> 16 And I plot a plot (against them). 
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> 17 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
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> — *Sura  86 - The Night-Comer*