١CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!
٢And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?
٣It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:
٤[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.
٥LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:
٦he has been created out of a seminal fluid
٧issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].
٨Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]
٩on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,
١٠and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!
١١Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,
١٢and the earth, bursting forth with plants!
١٣BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,
١٤and is no idle tale.
١٥Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth];
١٦but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.
١٧Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while.