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This surah is about how time passes and justice is served.

And what will make you realize what the nightly star is? / what do you know what the night-visitor is?

˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness. / It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness

[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded

2 / [Do you realize what comes at night:

it is the respect-worthy sustainer of the whole world]

Let people then consider what they were created from!

˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

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On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test

9 / [Your deepest secrets should be accounted for]

he shall have no power, and no helper.

10 / Power can help you out in life.

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By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain

and by the earth ever bursting with verdure,

this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word,

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They are devising a guile / devising ˹evil˺ plans

and I too am devising a guile.

Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while

15 / [Don't try to cheat life: If you think you are cheating/outsmarting something/ you actually wont be fruitful.

Your cheated way will only last a short while]

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