{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/qr/086.htm","path":"isl/qr/086.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/qr/086.htm","text":"The Qur'\u00e2n, Rodwell edition [1876];\nMECCA. 17 Verses\nIn the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful\n BY the heaven, and by the NIGHT-COMER!\n But who shall teach thee what the night-comer is?\n 'Tis the star of piercing radiance.\n Over every soul is set a guardian.\n Let man then reflect out of what he was created.\n He was created of the poured-forth germs,\n Which issue from the loins and breastbones:\n Well able then is God to restore him to life,--\n On the day when all secrets shall be searched out,\n And he shall have no other might or helper.\n I swear by the heaven which accomplisheth its cycle,\n And by the earth which openeth her bosom,\n That this Koran is a discriminating discourse,\n And that it is not frivolous.\n They plot a plot against thee,\n And I will plot a plot against them.\n Deal calmly therefore with the infidels; leave them awhile alone.","title":"The Qur'\u00e2n, Rodwell edition: Sura LXXXVI. The Night...","type":"page"}