بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
By the sky and the night comer -
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
By the sky and the night comer -
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 can make you know what is the night comer?
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
النجم الثاقب
- The piercing Star!
It is 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 no soul but that it has over it a protector.
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 observe from what he was created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created of water pouring forth,
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
يوم تبلى السرائر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
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.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth splitting (with plants);
إنه لقول فصل
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
وما هو بالهزل
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
And it is no joke.
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Surely they will make a scheme,
وأكيد كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
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 allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.