Ayah 1
By the sky and the knocker
Ayah 2
And what can make you know what is the knocker?
Ayah 3
It is the piercing star.
Ayah 4
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
Ayah 5
So let man observe from what he was created.
Ayah 6
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
Ayah 7
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Ayah 8
Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
Ayah 9
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
Ayah 10
Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
Ayah 11
By the sky which sends back
Ayah 12
And [by] the earth which splits,
Ayah 13
Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
Ayah 14
And it is not amusement.
Ayah 15
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Ayah 16
But I am planning a plan.