˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
It is the piercing star1
— Saheeh International
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
— Saheeh International
Let people then consider what they were created from!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So let man observe from what he was created.
— Saheeh International
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
— Saheeh International
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
— Saheeh International
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, He [i.e., Allah], to return him [to life], is Able.
— Saheeh International
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,1
— Saheeh International
Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
— Saheeh International
By the sky with its recurring cycles,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
By the sky which sends back1
— Saheeh International
and the earth with its sprouting plants!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And [by] the earth which splits,1
— Saheeh International
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
— Saheeh International