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 - Visitant (therein); -
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 - Visitant (therein); -
وما أدراك ما الطارق
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will explain to thee what the Night - Visitant is? -
النجم الثاقب
- The piercing Star!
(It is) 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 has a protector over it.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man consider from what he is created.
Now let man but think from what he is created!
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created from a drop emitted -
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!
يوم تبلى السرائر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
(Man) will have no power, and no helper.
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), -
إنه لقول فصل
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):
وما هو بالهزل
It is no pleasantry.
It is not a thing for amusement.
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
وأكيد كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I am planning a scheme.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).