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
Waalssamai waalttariqi
By the sky and the night comer -
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وما أدراك ما الطارق
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
It is the piercing star -
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
So let man observe from what he was created.
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
Yawma tubla alssarairu
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
Then man will have no power or any helper.
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
By the sky which returns [rain]
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
Innahu laqawlun faslun
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
Wama huwa bialhazli
And it is not amusement.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
Waakeedu kaydan
But I am planning a plan.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.