al-Ṭāriq

By the heaven, and by the nightly visitor

— Ali Quli Qarai

(and what will show you what is the nightly visitor?

— Ali Quli Qarai

It is the brilliant star):

— Ali Quli Qarai

there is a guard over every soul.

— Ali Quli Qarai

So let man consider from what he was created.

— Ali Quli Qarai

He was created from an effusing fluid

— Ali Quli Qarai

which issues from between the loins and the breast-bones.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed He is able to bring him back [after death],

— Ali Quli Qarai

on the day when the secrets are examined

— Ali Quli Qarai

and he shall have neither power nor helper.

— Ali Quli Qarai

By the resurgent heaven,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and by the furrowed earth:

— Ali Quli Qarai

it is indeed a conclusive discourse,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and not a jest.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed they are devising a stratagem,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and I [too] am devising a plan.

— Ali Quli Qarai

So respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite.

— Ali Quli Qarai