بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
Waalssamai waalttariqi
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
Waalssamai waalttariqi
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
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
النجم الثاقب
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
- The piercing Star!
The star of piercing brightness;
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
خلق من ماء دافق
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created of water pouring forth,
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
يوم تبلى السرائر
Yawma tubla alssarairu
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
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
والسماء ذات الرجع
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
والأرض ذات الصدع
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And the earth splitting (with plants);
إنه لقول فصل
Innahu laqawlun faslun
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
وما هو بالهزل
Wama huwa bialhazli
It is no pleasantry.
And it is no joke.
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Surely they will make a scheme,
وأكيد كيدا
Waakeedu kaydan
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I (too) will make a scheme.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan
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.