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