بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
Chapter 86, 17 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
وما أدراك ما الطارق
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
النجم الثاقب
- The piercing Star!
The star of piercing brightness;
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created of water pouring forth,
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
يوم تبلى السرائر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And the earth splitting (with plants);
إنه لقول فصل
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
وما هو بالهزل
It is no pleasantry.
And it is no joke.
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Surely they will make a scheme,
وأكيد كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I (too) will make a scheme.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.