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 -
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
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?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
النجم الثاقب
- The piercing Star!
It is the piercing star -
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
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.
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man observe from what he was created.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
يوم تبلى السرائر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
إنه لقول فصل
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
وما هو بالهزل
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
وأكيد كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
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.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا