وَما أَدراكَ مَا الطّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
النَّجمُ الثّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star -
إِن كُلُّ نَفسٍ لَمّا عَلَيها حافِظٌ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَليَنظُرِ الإِنسانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِن ماءٍ دافِقٍ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخرُجُ مِن بَينِ الصُّلبِ وَالتَّرائِبِ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.